jꜣtjw

Egyptian

Etymology 1

jꜣṯ (“to be(come) injured, mutilated”) +‎ -w. The expected form jꜣṯw is unattested with this meaning, although it exists with other related significations.

Pronunciation

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /iɑtiuː/
- Conventional anglicization: iatiu

Noun

m

mutilation [Middle Kingdom literature]

Inflection

Declension of jꜣtjw (masculine)

singular	jꜣtjw
dual	jꜣtjwwj
plural	jꜣtjww

Etymology 2

jꜣt (“mound”) +‎ -j (nisba ending) +‎ -w (plural ending).

Pronunciation

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /iɑtiuː/
- Conventional anglicization: iatiu

Noun

m pl

(plural only) mound-dwellers

References

Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎, volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 35.3
Faulkner, Raymond (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 9
James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 317.

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