ꜣbḏw

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Egyptian[edit]

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Pronunciation[edit]

 
  • (reconstructed) IPA(key): /ʀVˈbaːcʼVw//ʀVˈbaːtʼVw//ʔəˈbaːtʼə//ʔəˈβoːtʼ/

Etymology 1[edit]

Uncertain. A development from ꜣbw (elephant) +‎ ḏw (mountain) in a direct genitive construction, thus ‘elephant of the mountain’ in reference to the local topography, has been suggested.

Proper noun[edit]

AbbDw
O49

  m./f. topo.

  1. the city of Abydos
  2. (metonymically) the afterlife
    • 12th Dynasty, Stela of Amenemhat, British Museum, Egyptian Antiquities, E567:
      D&d t
      n
      f
      M18iwmR4
      t p
      in
      wr
      A1Z3nw
      Z1
      AbbDw
      O49
      ḏd.t(w) n.f jjw(j) m ḥtp jn wrw nw ꜣbḏw
      May "welcome in peace" be said to him by the great of Abydos.
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Noun[edit]

Abbd
Dw niwt
A1B1

 m

  1. (hapax) Abydenes, the people of Abydos collectively [26th Dynasty]

Etymology 2[edit]

Noun[edit]

AbbDwwad

 m

  1. a kind of fish, often used medicinally, and mythologically said to pilot the solar barque or, in later times, to be a form of the sun god [since the medical papyri]
Usage notes[edit]

The existing pictures of this fish are too conventionalized to establish its species with any certainty. It has been suggested to be quite similar to the Nile perch, but with a crescent caudal fin.

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References[edit]

  • Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache[1], volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 8.23–9.2
  • Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 3
  • Wilson, Penelope (1991) A Lexicographical Study of the Ptolemaic Texts in the Temple of Edfu, Liverpool: University of Liverpool, page 12
  • Dawson, Warren R. (1933) “Studies in the Egyptian Medical Texts—II” in The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, Vol. 19, p. 137
  • Wegner, Josef (2007) “From Elephant-Mountain to Anubis-Mountain? A Theory on the Origins and Development of the Name Abdju” in The Archaeology of Ancient Egypt: Essays in Honor of David O’Connor, volume 2, pages 459–476
  • Vycichl, Werner (1983) Dictionnaire Étymologique de la Langue Copte, Leuven: Peeters, →ISBN, page 39