ꜣwj-jb

Egyptian

Etymology

ꜣwj (“be long”) +‎ jb (“heart”), thus literally ‘be long of heart’.

Pronunciation

Verb

 compound

  1. to be(come) happy [chiefly Greco-Roman Period]
  2. to rejoice, make merry [Greco-Roman Period]

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ꜣwj-jb  





ꜣwj-jb ꜣwj-jb ꜣwj-jb ꜣwj-jb ꜣwj-jb
[Late Egyptian] [Late Egyptian] [Greco-Roman Period] [Greco-Roman Period] [Greco-Roman Period]

Derived terms

References

  • Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1926), Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎[1], volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 4.7–4.9
  • Lesko, Leonard; Lesko, Barbara (2002), A Dictionary of Late Egyptian, second edition, volume 1, Providence: B.C. Scribe Publications, →ISBN, page 3
  • James P[eter] Allen (2010), Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 215, 455.
  • Wilson, Penelope (1991), A Lexicographical Study of the Ptolemaic Texts in the Temple of Edfu, Liverpool: University of Liverpool, page 3
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