jpḥ

Egyptian

Etymology

From earlier *lpḥ [1], from Proto-Afroasiatic *ḥVlp- ~ *lVpḥ- (“pig, hog”)[2]. Compare Proto-Berber *e-lăf (“wild boar, pig”) (whence Tashelhit ilf (“wild boar, pig”)) and Arabic حَلُّوف (ḥallūf, “pig”).

Pronunciation

Noun

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  1. pig as an offering, probably specifically a piglet [20th Dynasty and Greco-Roman Period]

Inflection

Declension of jpḥ (masculine)
singular jpḥ
dual jpḥwj
plural jpḥw

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of jpḥ  

ꜣpḥ jp
[19th Dynasty] [Greco-Roman Period]
Debatably; see ꜣpḥ.
From the Ipuwer Papyrus.

References

  1. ^ Takács, Gábor (1999), Etymological Dictionary of Egyptian, volume I, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 89, →ISBN
  2. ^ Militarev, Reconstructing a cultural lexicon for pre-history:Berber zoonyms of Afrasian Origin. page 14
  • Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1926), Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎[1], volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 69.14
  • te Velde, Herman (1992) “Some Egyptian Deities and their Piggishness” in Luft, Ulrich (ed.), The Intellectual Heritage of Egypt: Studies Presented to László Kákosy by Friends and Colleagues on the Occasion of his 60th Birthday [Fs Kákosy], Studia Aegyptiaca 14, Budapest 1992, page 571
  • Helck, Wolfgang (1995) Die „Admonitions“: Pap. Leiden I 344 Recto, pages 40, 71
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