mswt-wsjr

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Egyptian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

mswt (“birth”) +‎ wsjr (“Osiris”) in a direct genitive construction, thus literally ‘birth(day) of Osiris’.

Pronunciation[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

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  1. The first of the five epagomenal (intercalary) days (djw ḥrjw rnpt) added to the end of the year in the ancient Egyptian calendar.

References[edit]

  • James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 107.
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