mdw

Egyptian

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ˈmaːtʼaw/ → /ˈmaːtʼaw/ → /ˈmoːtʼ/

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈmaːtʼaw/ (singular); IPA^(key): /maˈtʼuww/ (plural)
• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈmaːtʼaw/ (singular); IPA^(key): /maˈtʼuww/ (plural)
• (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈmoːtʼ/ (singular); IPA^(key): /məˈtʼøww/ (plural)

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

Noun

 m

1. word (written or spoken)
2. a speech
3. Used as a generic object for certain verbs, e.g. wḏ, wḏꜥ.

Usage notes

This word was displaced by mdt from Late Egyptian on.

Unlike most u-stems, the noun-forming suffix -w was usually written in mdw.

Inflection

Declension of mdw (masculine u-stem)

singular	mdw
dual	mdwj
plural	mdw

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of mdw  

mdw	mdw	md	mdw	md	mdw	mdw	mdw
					[Old Kingdom]	[Old Kingdom]	[18th Dynasty]
					uncommon	uncommon

Other determinatives used for this word include:

Determinatives used with mdw  

[Old Kingdom]	[Middle Kingdom]	[New Kingdom]	[New Kingdom]

Derived terms

• jꜥr mdw
• mdw nṯr
• ns n mdw
• ḏd-mdw

 

Related terms

• mdwj

Etymology 2

Noun

 m

1. staff (rod)

Inflection

Declension of mdw (masculine)

singular	mdw
dual	mdwwj
plural	mdww

Derived terms

• mdw jꜣw

References

Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926–1961) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN