ꜣwj-jb

Egyptian

Etymology

ꜣwj (“be long”) +‎ jb (“heart”), thus literally ‘be long of heart’.

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /ɑuːi ib/
  • Conventional anglicization: awi-ib

Verb

 compound

1. to be(come) happy [chiefly Greco-Roman Period]
2. to rejoice, make merry [Greco-Roman Period]

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ꜣwj-jb  

ꜣwj-jb	ꜣwj-jb	ꜣwj-jb	ꜣwj-jb	ꜣwj-jb
[Late Egyptian]	[Late Egyptian]	[Greco-Roman Period]	[Greco-Roman Period]	[Greco-Roman Period]

Derived terms

• ꜣwt-jb

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 4.7–4.9
• Lesko, Leonard, Lesko, Barbara (2002) A Dictionary of Late Egyptian, second edition, volume 1, Providence: B.C. Scribe Publications, →ISBN, page 3
• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 215, 455.
• Wilson, Penelope (1991) A Lexicographical Study of the Ptolemaic Texts in the Temple of Edfu, Liverpool: University of Liverpool, page 3