šfdw

Egyptian

Etymology

Possibly from šfd (“to grasp”) +‎ -w.

Pronunciation

Noun

 m

  1. roll of papyrus, scroll
    • c. 1900 BCE, The Instructions of Kagemni (pPrisse/pBN 183) lines 2.4–2.5:








      ḏr.n ḏd.n.f n.sn jr ntt nbt m zẖꜣ ḥr pꜣ šfdw sḏm st mj ḏd.j st (j)m zn ḥꜣw ḥr šꜣꜣt
      In the end he said to them: As for everything in the writing on this scroll, heed it as I say it; don’t exceed what has been set down.

Inflection

Declension of šfdw (masculine)
singular šfdw
dual šfdwwj
plural šfdww

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of šfdw  
šfdw

References

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