ḏd-mdw

See also: Dd-mdw

Egyptian

FWOTD – 26 June 2013

Etymology

ḏd (“to say”) +‎ mdw (“speech, words”), with ḏd in the infinitive.

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ˌcʼaːtʼ maˈtʼuww/ → /ˌt͡ʃʼaːʔ maˈtʼuww/ → /t͡ʃʼəməˈtʼøww/

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˌcʼaːtʼ maˈtʼuww/
• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˌt͡ʃʼaːʔ maˈtʼuww/
• (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃʼəməˈtʼøww/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒɛd mɛduː/
  • Conventional anglicization: djed-medu

Noun

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1. (singular only) a recitation; used as a title introducing the main bulk of a religious text, after any prologues.
   • c. 1450 BCE, The Poetical Stela of Thutmose III: Part I, Cairo Museum 34010:

     ḏd-mdw jn jmn-rꜥ nb nswt tꜣwj

     A recitation by Amun-Ra, Lord of the Thrones of the Two Lands.

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ḏd-mdw  

ḏd-mdw

This abbreviated form is much preferred over the full spelling.

References

• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 169.