ꜥꜣ-dyw

Egyptian

Etymology

ꜥꜣ (“great one”) +‎ dyw (“fifty”).

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /ɑːʔɑ diːuː/
  • Conventional anglicization: aa-dyu

Noun

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1. (Late Egyptian) foreman in charge of fifty men; pentecontarch

Inflection

Declension of ꜥꜣ-dyw (masculine)

singular	ꜥꜣ-dyw
dual	ꜥꜣwj-dyw
plural	ꜥꜣw-dyw

Descendants

• Sahidic Coptic: ⲁⲛⲧⲁⲓⲟⲩ (antaiou)

References

• Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 7