"mdw-jꜣw" meaning in Egyptian

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Noun

IPA: /mɛduː iɑuː/ (note: modern Egyptological) Forms: md-A19-A1 [canonical, masculine]
Etymology: mdw (“staff”) + jꜣw (“old age”) in a direct genitive construction, thus literally ‘staff of old age’. Etymology templates: {{af|egy|mdw|jꜣw|t1=staff|t2=old age}} mdw (“staff”) + jꜣw (“old age”) Head templates: {{head|egy|nouns|head=<hiero>md-A19-A1</hiero>|head2=}} md-A19-A1, {{egy-noun|m|head=<hiero>md-A19-A1</hiero>}} md-A19-A1 m
  1. a son who assumes the duties of his aged father, allowing the father to remain in office, supported by his son, who carries out the father’s responsibilities as deputy Synonyms: md-A19, md-Z1:n-A19, md-Z1-i-A19, mdw n jꜣw, 18th Dynasty
    Sense id: en-mdw-jꜣw-egy-noun-Jme1UH7d Categories (other): Egyptian entries with incorrect language header

Download JSON data for mdw-jꜣw meaning in Egyptian (2.0kB)

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        "3": "jꜣw",
        "t1": "staff",
        "t2": "old age"
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      "expansion": "mdw (“staff”) + jꜣw (“old age”)",
      "name": "af"
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  "etymology_text": "mdw (“staff”) + jꜣw (“old age”) in a direct genitive construction, thus literally ‘staff of old age’.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "md-A19-A1",
      "tags": [
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    }
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  "pos": "noun",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "May your humble servant (i.e. the father) be commanded to make his son his deputy (literally, “a staff of old age”); then I will tell him the words of the listeners, the advice of ancestors who once listened to the gods.",
          "ref": "c. 1900 BCE, The Instructions of Ptahhotep (pPrisse/pBN 186–194) lines 5.2–5.3",
          "text": "wD-w:*t-Y1:n-bA:k-A1-i-m-ir:t-md-A19-A1-!-i-x-Y1-D:d-A1:n:f-md-d-w-A2-sDm-m-i-i-w-A1:Z2-!-z:x-r-w-Y1:Z2-imi-m-w-Z2:HAt-t:Z1-p-G41-A-W-Z2ss-sDm*m:n-R8A\nwḏ.t(w) n bꜣk jm jrt mdw-jꜣw jḫ ḏd.j n.f mdw sḏmyw sḫrw jmjw-ḥꜣt pꜣw sḏm n nṯrw"
        }
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        "a son who assumes the duties of his aged father, allowing the father to remain in office, supported by his son, who carries out the father’s responsibilities as deputy"
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        ],
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        ],
        [
          "father",
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          "office",
          "office"
        ],
        [
          "deputy",
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        ]
      ],
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          "word": "md-A19"
        },
        {
          "word": "md-Z1:n-A19"
        },
        {
          "word": "md-Z1-i-A19"
        },
        {
          "word": "mdw n jꜣw"
        },
        {
          "word": "18th Dynasty"
        }
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      "ipa": "/mɛduː iɑuː/",
      "note": "modern Egyptological"
    }
  ],
  "word": "mdw-jꜣw"
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      },
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      "name": "af"
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "mdw (“staff”) + jꜣw (“old age”) in a direct genitive construction, thus literally ‘staff of old age’.",
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    {
      "form": "md-A19-A1",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    }
  ],
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        "head2": ""
      },
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      "name": "head"
    },
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      },
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  ],
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  "pos": "noun",
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        "Egyptian lemmas",
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        "Egyptian nouns",
        "Egyptian terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Egyptian terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "May your humble servant (i.e. the father) be commanded to make his son his deputy (literally, “a staff of old age”); then I will tell him the words of the listeners, the advice of ancestors who once listened to the gods.",
          "ref": "c. 1900 BCE, The Instructions of Ptahhotep (pPrisse/pBN 186–194) lines 5.2–5.3",
          "text": "wD-w:*t-Y1:n-bA:k-A1-i-m-ir:t-md-A19-A1-!-i-x-Y1-D:d-A1:n:f-md-d-w-A2-sDm-m-i-i-w-A1:Z2-!-z:x-r-w-Y1:Z2-imi-m-w-Z2:HAt-t:Z1-p-G41-A-W-Z2ss-sDm*m:n-R8A\nwḏ.t(w) n bꜣk jm jrt mdw-jꜣw jḫ ḏd.j n.f mdw sḏmyw sḫrw jmjw-ḥꜣt pꜣw sḏm n nṯrw"
        }
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      ],
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          "assume",
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          "aged"
        ],
        [
          "father",
          "father"
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          "office",
          "office"
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    {
      "ipa": "/mɛduː iɑuː/",
      "note": "modern Egyptological"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "word": "md-A19"
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      "word": "md-Z1:n-A19"
    },
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      "word": "md-Z1-i-A19"
    },
    {
      "word": "mdw n jꜣw"
    },
    {
      "word": "18th Dynasty"
    }
  ],
  "word": "mdw-jꜣw"
}

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