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
Noun
m
- mutilation [Middle Kingdom literature]
Inflection
Declension of jꜣtjw (masculine)
| singular
|
jꜣtjw
|
| dual
|
jꜣtjwwj
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| plural
|
jꜣtjww
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Etymology 2
jꜣt (“mound”) + -j (nisba ending) + -w (plural ending).
Pronunciation
Noun
m pl
- (plural only) mound-dwellers
References
- Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1926), Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache[1], volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 35.3
- Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (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.