ḏw

See also: dw, DW, and dW

Egyptian

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /cʼaw/ → /tʼaw/ → /tʼaw/

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /cʼaw/
• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /tʼaw/
• (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /tʼaw/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒuː/
  • Conventional anglicization: dju

Etymology 1

Noun

 m

1. mountain

Inflection

Declension of ḏw (masculine)

singular	ḏw
dual	ḏwwj
plural	ḏww

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ḏw  

ḏw	ḏw	ḏw

Derived terms

• tpj-ḏw.f
• jmj-ḏw

Descendants

• Demotic: tw
  • Coptic: ⲧⲟⲟⲩ (toou) (Sahidic), ⲧⲱⲟⲩ (tōou) (Bohairic), ⲧⲁⲩ (tau) (Akhmimic, Fayyumic)

Etymology 2

Adjective

1. perfective active participle of ḏwj: evil, bad, wicked

Inflection

Declension of ḏw (perfective active participle)

	masculine	feminine
singular	ḏw	ḏwt
dual	ḏwwj	ḏwtj
plural	ḏww	ḏwwt1, ḏwt2

¹ Archaic in Middle Egyptian when modifying a noun.
² From Middle Egyptian, this feminine singular form was generally used for the plural.
In Late Egyptian, the masculine singular form was used with all nouns.

Alternative forms

See under the main verb.

Derived terms

See under the main verb.

Descendants

• ⇒ Demotic: ḏwṱ (“impure”)
  • Coptic: ϫⲟⲟⲩⲧ (čoout, “base, lowly, rejected (one)”)

Proper noun

 m

1. the embodiment of evil, Apep

References

• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN
• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 213.