mdw šps n spꜣt
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Egyptian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
mdw (“staff”) + šps (“noble, august”) + n(j) (“of”) + spꜣt (“nome”), thus ‘noble staff of the nome’.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /mɛduː ʃɛpɛs ɛn sɛpɑt/
- Conventional anglicization: medu shepes en sepat
Noun[edit]
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- sacred standard bearing the sign of a particular nome, especially of Dendera [chiefly Greco-Roman Period]
Inflection[edit]
Declension of mdw šps n spꜣt (masculine)
| singular | mdw šps n spꜣt |
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| dual | mdwwj špswj nwj spꜣt |
| plural | mdww špsw nw spꜣt |
Alternative forms[edit]
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of mdw šps n spꜣt
References[edit]
- Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1928) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache[1], volume 2, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 178.9