ꜥꜣ

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Egyptian

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Etymology 1

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Adverb

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aA
a
AN31
  1. here
  2. (less common) there
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Etymology 2

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Pronunciation

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Adjective

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aA
a
AY1
  1. perfective active participle of ꜥꜣj: big, great, important
    Synonym: wr
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Along with bjn and nfr, ꜥꜣ is one of the few Egyptian adjectives that continued to show remnants of gender and number inflection into Late Egyptian (and beyond).[2]

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See under the main verb.

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See under the main verb.

Descendants
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  • Bohairic Coptic: (o), (ō)
  • Fayyumic Coptic: (a)
  • Old Coptic: (o), (ō), ⲁ- (a-)
  • Sahidic Coptic: (o), (ō), ⲟⲩ (ou)

Noun

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aA
a
AY1

 m

  1. greatness; prestige and power or importance [since Middle Kingdom literature]
    • c. 2000 BCE – 1900 BCE, Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor (pHermitage/pPetersburg 1115) lines 139–140:
      sD&d A2A1G30Y2
      Z2
      k
      n
      I3I3G7a&A1 z
      S
      AY2
      f
      maA
      a
      AY1k
      sḏd.j bꜣw.k n jtj dj.j sšꜣ.f m ꜥꜣ.k
      I will recount your ba-power to the sovereign and make him aware of your greatness.
  2. a great deed (done to someone)
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Noun

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aA
a
A

 m

  1. distinguished or respected person or god, great one
  2. older person, elder
  3. (in titles) leader, head (of something)
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(Compounded with nj (of):)

Etymology 3

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Possibly onomatopoeic, from the animal’s cry (hee-haw).

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Noun

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aA
D52
E7

 m

  1. ass, donkey
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Etymology 4

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Noun

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aA
a
O31
Z1
M3

 m

  1. doorleaf, single door
  2. (in the dual) double door
    • c. 1401 BCE, Amduat of Amenhotep II (tomb of Amenhotep II, KV35) First Hour, closing text, line 7:
      wn
      n
      O31
      a
      n
      k
      imn
      n
      t
      Y2
      S
      tA
      t
      Y2
      irwA53Y2
      N33A
      z
      n
      S
      O31
      a
      n
      k
      O31
      O31
      niwtwr
      r
      t
      xAst
      wn n.k jmnt štꜣt jrww snš n.k ꜥꜣwj nwt wrt
      As the hidden region, secret of forms, is opened to you, so the double doors of the Great City are unstopped for you.
  3. sarcophagus lid
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Etymology 5

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Noun

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aA
Z1
M3

 m

  1. column, pillar
  2. part of a ship: mast?
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References

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  1. ^ Loprieno, Antonio (1995) Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 57
  2. ^ Junge, Friedrich (2005) Late Egyptian Grammar: An Introduction, second English edition, Oxford: Griffith Institute, page 66