ꜥꜣpp

Egyptian

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Pronunciation

(reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ʕVʀˈpaːpVw/ → /ʕVʀˈpaːpVw/ → /ʕaʔˈpaːpəʔ/ → /ʕaˈpoːp/

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /ɑːʔɑpɛp/
- Conventional anglicization: aapep

Proper noun

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Apep/Apophis, the evil snake-god who tries to devour the sun every night

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ꜥꜣpp

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Descendants

Demotic: ꜥpꜥp
- Coptic: ⲁⲫⲱⲫ (aphōph)
Ancient Greek: Ἄποφις (Ápophis)

References

Faulkner, Raymond (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN
Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎, volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 167

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