"mdw" meaning in Egyptian

See mdw in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈmaːtʼaw/ (note: reconstructed), /ˈmaːtʼaw/ (note: reconstructed), /ˈmaːtʼə/ (note: reconstructed), /ˈmoːtʼ/ (note: reconstructed), /ˈmaːtʼaw/ (note: Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE), /maˈtʼuww/ (note: Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE), /ˈmaːtʼaw/ (note: Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE), /maˈtʼuww/ (note: Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE), /ˈmaːtʼə/ (note: Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE), /məˈtʼuww/ (note: Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE), /ˈmoːtʼ/ (note: latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE), /məˈtʼøww/ (note: latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE), /mɛduː/ (note: modern Egyptological) Forms: md-d-w-A2 [canonical, masculine], no-table-tags [table-tags], mdw [singular], mdwj [dual], mdw [plural]
Etymology: From mdwj (“to speak”). Etymology templates: {{m|egy|mdwj||to speak}} mdwj (“to speak”) Head templates: {{head|egy|nouns|head=<hiero>md-d-w-A2</hiero>|head2=}} md-d-w-A2, {{egy-noun|m|head=<hiero>md-d-w-A2</hiero>}} md-d-w-A2 m Inflection templates: {{egy-decl-noun|mdw|mdwj|mdw|g=m|type=u-stem}}
  1. spoken word
    Sense id: en-mdw-egy-noun-mfezv2I- Categories (other): Egyptian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Egyptian entries with incorrect language header: 16 7 2 3 14 9 19 0 0 18 2 10
  2. words, speech, things said
    Sense id: en-mdw-egy-noun-VaPWw2aq Categories (other): Egyptian terms with collocations
  3. words, text, things written
    Sense id: en-mdw-egy-noun-1aqT7iwL
  4. command, order, instruction
    Sense id: en-mdw-egy-noun-OHGA1kiJ
  5. magic word, spell
    Sense id: en-mdw-egy-noun-ZT-5F-B9 Categories (other): Egyptian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Egyptian entries with incorrect language header: 16 7 2 3 14 9 19 0 0 18 2 10
  6. (law) plea Categories (topical): Law
    Sense id: en-mdw-egy-noun-J6lXAL7t Topics: law
  7. used as a generic object for certain verbs such as wḏ (“to command”) and wḏꜥ (“to judge”)
    Sense id: en-mdw-egy-noun-o-1IgYyW Categories (other): Egyptian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Egyptian entries with incorrect language header: 16 7 2 3 14 9 19 0 0 18 2 10
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: jꜥr mdw, wḏ-mdw, mdw-nṯr, ns n mdw, ḏd-mdw
Etymology number: 1 Synonyms: md-d-w, md-md-md, md-d, m-d-md-w, m-md-d-w, md-Z1:Z2ss, md-d:t*y, mdwtj, [18th Dynasty], Y1, A2, A2-Z3, Y1:Z2, md-w, md, [Old Kingdom], uncommon, [Middle Kingdom], [New Kingdom]

Noun

Forms: md-Z1:xt [canonical, masculine], masculine [table-tags], mdw [singular], mdwwj [dual], mdww [plural]
Head templates: {{head|egy|nouns|head=<hiero>md-Z1:xt</hiero>|head2=}} md-Z1:xt, {{egy-noun|m|head=<hiero>md-Z1:xt</hiero>}} md-Z1:xt m Inflection templates: {{egy-decl-noun|mdw|g=m}}
  1. staff, rod
    Sense id: en-mdw-egy-noun-yn43wGxO
  2. staff as a weapon
    Sense id: en-mdw-egy-noun-BFOepKbG
  3. staff as a kind of scepter, staff of authority, baton; also given as a grave good
    Sense id: en-mdw-egy-noun-ji-8VoW4 Categories (other): Egyptian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Egyptian entries with incorrect language header: 16 7 2 3 14 9 19 0 0 18 2 10
  4. sacred staff with the head of a god, revered as a symbol of a particular god or nome
    Sense id: en-mdw-egy-noun-ss3QHLWJ
  5. used in various titles: custodian, attendant, maintainer
    Sense id: en-mdw-egy-noun-qZ4Rn1-6
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: mdw-jꜣw, mdw n š, mdw-rḫyt, mdw-ḥp, mdw-ḥr, mdw šps, mdw šps n spꜣt, mdw-kꜣ-ḥḏ
Etymology number: 2 Synonyms: md-w, md, [Old Kingdom], uncommon, [Middle Kingdom], [New Kingdom], md-Z1, m-d-md, md-m-d, md-Z1:xt, m-d-w-xt, md-Z1-A40, md-t:Z1-xt, md-Z1«H13», mD:xt, mtw, mḏ, [Late Period], [Greco-Roman Period], in hieratic

Alternative forms

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{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "jꜥr mdw"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "wḏ-mdw"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "mdw-nṯr"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "ns n mdw"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "ḏd-mdw"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "egx-dem",
            "2": "mdt",
            "3": "md"
          },
          "expansion": "Demotic: mdt, md",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Demotic: mdt, md"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "from the plural"
          },
          "expansion": "(from the plural)",
          "name": "q"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cop",
            "2": "ⲙⲧⲁⲩ",
            "der": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "⇒ Coptic: ⲙⲧⲁⲩ (mtau)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "(from the plural) ⇒ Coptic: ⲙⲧⲁⲩ (mtau)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "egy",
        "2": "mdwj",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to speak"
      },
      "expansion": "mdwj (“to speak”)",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From mdwj (“to speak”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "md-d-w-A2",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "egy-decl-noun",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "u-stem",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mdw",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mdwj",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mdw",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "egy",
        "2": "nouns",
        "head": "<hiero>md-d-w-A2</hiero>",
        "head2": ""
      },
      "expansion": "md-d-w-A2",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "head": "<hiero>md-d-w-A2</hiero>"
      },
      "expansion": "md-d-w-A2 m",
      "name": "egy-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mdw",
        "2": "mdwj",
        "3": "mdw",
        "g": "m",
        "type": "u-stem"
      },
      "name": "egy-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Egyptian",
  "lang_code": "egy",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "16 7 2 3 14 9 19 0 0 18 2 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Egyptian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "spoken word"
      ],
      "id": "en-mdw-egy-noun-mfezv2I-",
      "links": [
        [
          "spoken",
          "spoken"
        ],
        [
          "word",
          "word"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Egyptian terms with collocations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with collocations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "to convey (someone’s) words (+ n: to (a superior))",
          "roman": "sꜥr mdw",
          "text": "s-a:r:N31-D54-md-d-w-A2",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "words, speech, things said"
      ],
      "id": "en-mdw-egy-noun-VaPWw2aq",
      "links": [
        [
          "word",
          "word"
        ],
        [
          "speech",
          "speech"
        ],
        [
          "thing",
          "thing"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "words, text, things written"
      ],
      "id": "en-mdw-egy-noun-1aqT7iwL",
      "links": [
        [
          "word",
          "word"
        ],
        [
          "text",
          "text"
        ],
        [
          "thing",
          "thing"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "command, order, instruction"
      ],
      "id": "en-mdw-egy-noun-OHGA1kiJ",
      "links": [
        [
          "command",
          "command"
        ],
        [
          "order",
          "order"
        ],
        [
          "instruction",
          "instruction"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "16 7 2 3 14 9 19 0 0 18 2 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Egyptian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "magic word, spell"
      ],
      "id": "en-mdw-egy-noun-ZT-5F-B9",
      "links": [
        [
          "magic word",
          "magic word"
        ],
        [
          "spell",
          "spell"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "egy",
          "name": "Law",
          "orig": "egy:Law",
          "parents": [
            "Justice",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "plea"
      ],
      "id": "en-mdw-egy-noun-J6lXAL7t",
      "links": [
        [
          "law",
          "law#English"
        ],
        [
          "plea",
          "plea"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(law) plea"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "law"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "16 7 2 3 14 9 19 0 0 18 2 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Egyptian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "used as a generic object for certain verbs such as wḏ (“to command”) and wḏꜥ (“to judge”)"
      ],
      "id": "en-mdw-egy-noun-o-1IgYyW",
      "links": [
        [
          "wḏ",
          "wḏ#Egyptian"
        ],
        [
          "wḏꜥ",
          "wḏꜥ#Egyptian"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmaːtʼaw/",
      "note": "reconstructed"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmaːtʼaw/",
      "note": "reconstructed"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmaːtʼə/",
      "note": "reconstructed"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmoːtʼ/",
      "note": "reconstructed"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmaːtʼaw/",
      "note": "Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/maˈtʼuww/",
      "note": "Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmaːtʼaw/",
      "note": "Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/maˈtʼuww/",
      "note": "Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmaːtʼə/",
      "note": "Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/məˈtʼuww/",
      "note": "Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmoːtʼ/",
      "note": "latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/məˈtʼøww/",
      "note": "latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mɛduː/",
      "note": "modern Egyptological"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "md-d-w"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "md-md-md"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "md-d"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "m-d-md-w"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "m-md-d-w"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "md-Z1:Z2ss"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "md-d:t*y"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "mdwtj"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "[18th Dynasty]"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Y1"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "A2"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "A2-Z3"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Y1:Z2"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "md-w"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "md"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "[Old Kingdom]"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "uncommon"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "[Middle Kingdom]"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "[New Kingdom]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "mdw"
}

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "mdw-jꜣw"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "mdw n š"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "mdw-rḫyt"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "mdw-ḥp"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "mdw-ḥr"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "mdw šps"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "mdw šps n spꜣt"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "mdw-kꜣ-ḥḏ"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "md-Z1:xt",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "masculine",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "egy-decl-noun",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mdw",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mdwwj",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mdww",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "egy",
        "2": "nouns",
        "head": "<hiero>md-Z1:xt</hiero>",
        "head2": ""
      },
      "expansion": "md-Z1:xt",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "head": "<hiero>md-Z1:xt</hiero>"
      },
      "expansion": "md-Z1:xt m",
      "name": "egy-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mdw",
        "g": "m"
      },
      "name": "egy-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Egyptian",
  "lang_code": "egy",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "staff, rod"
      ],
      "id": "en-mdw-egy-noun-yn43wGxO",
      "links": [
        [
          "staff",
          "staff"
        ],
        [
          "rod",
          "rod"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "staff as a weapon"
      ],
      "id": "en-mdw-egy-noun-BFOepKbG",
      "links": [
        [
          "staff",
          "staff"
        ],
        [
          "weapon",
          "weapon"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "16 7 2 3 14 9 19 0 0 18 2 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Egyptian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "staff as a kind of scepter, staff of authority, baton; also given as a grave good"
      ],
      "id": "en-mdw-egy-noun-ji-8VoW4",
      "links": [
        [
          "staff",
          "staff"
        ],
        [
          "kind",
          "kind"
        ],
        [
          "scepter",
          "scepter"
        ],
        [
          "authority",
          "authority"
        ],
        [
          "baton",
          "baton"
        ],
        [
          "grave good",
          "grave good"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "sacred staff with the head of a god, revered as a symbol of a particular god or nome"
      ],
      "id": "en-mdw-egy-noun-ss3QHLWJ",
      "links": [
        [
          "sacred",
          "sacred"
        ],
        [
          "staff",
          "staff"
        ],
        [
          "head",
          "head"
        ],
        [
          "god",
          "god"
        ],
        [
          "revere",
          "revere"
        ],
        [
          "symbol",
          "symbol"
        ],
        [
          "particular",
          "particular"
        ],
        [
          "nome",
          "nome"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "used in various titles: custodian, attendant, maintainer"
      ],
      "id": "en-mdw-egy-noun-qZ4Rn1-6",
      "links": [
        [
          "various",
          "various#English"
        ],
        [
          "title",
          "title#English"
        ],
        [
          "custodian",
          "custodian"
        ],
        [
          "attendant",
          "attendant"
        ],
        [
          "maintainer",
          "maintainer"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "md-w"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "md"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "[Old Kingdom]"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "uncommon"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "[Middle Kingdom]"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "[New Kingdom]"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "md-Z1"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "m-d-md"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "md-m-d"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "md-Z1:xt"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "m-d-w-xt"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "md-Z1-A40"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "md-t:Z1-xt"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "md-Z1«H13»"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "mD:xt"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "mtw"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "mḏ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "[Late Period]"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "[Greco-Roman Period]"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "in hieratic"
    }
  ],
  "word": "mdw"
}
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  "categories": [
    "Egyptian entries with incorrect language header",
    "Egyptian lemmas",
    "Egyptian masculine nouns",
    "Egyptian nouns",
    "Egyptian terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Egyptian u-stem nouns"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "jꜥr mdw"
    },
    {
      "word": "wḏ-mdw"
    },
    {
      "word": "mdw-nṯr"
    },
    {
      "word": "ns n mdw"
    },
    {
      "word": "ḏd-mdw"
    }
  ],
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      "depth": 1,
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          "name": "desc"
        }
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      "depth": 2,
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          },
          "expansion": "(from the plural)",
          "name": "q"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cop",
            "2": "ⲙⲧⲁⲩ",
            "der": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "⇒ Coptic: ⲙⲧⲁⲩ (mtau)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
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    }
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "egy",
        "2": "mdwj",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to speak"
      },
      "expansion": "mdwj (“to speak”)",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From mdwj (“to speak”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "md-d-w-A2",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "egy-decl-noun",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "u-stem",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mdw",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mdwj",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mdw",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "egy",
        "2": "nouns",
        "head": "<hiero>md-d-w-A2</hiero>",
        "head2": ""
      },
      "expansion": "md-d-w-A2",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "head": "<hiero>md-d-w-A2</hiero>"
      },
      "expansion": "md-d-w-A2 m",
      "name": "egy-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mdw",
        "2": "mdwj",
        "3": "mdw",
        "g": "m",
        "type": "u-stem"
      },
      "name": "egy-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Egyptian",
  "lang_code": "egy",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "spoken word"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "spoken",
          "spoken"
        ],
        [
          "word",
          "word"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Egyptian terms with collocations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "to convey (someone’s) words (+ n: to (a superior))",
          "roman": "sꜥr mdw",
          "text": "s-a:r:N31-D54-md-d-w-A2",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "words, speech, things said"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "word",
          "word"
        ],
        [
          "speech",
          "speech"
        ],
        [
          "thing",
          "thing"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "words, text, things written"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "word",
          "word"
        ],
        [
          "text",
          "text"
        ],
        [
          "thing",
          "thing"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "command, order, instruction"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "command",
          "command"
        ],
        [
          "order",
          "order"
        ],
        [
          "instruction",
          "instruction"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "magic word, spell"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "magic word",
          "magic word"
        ],
        [
          "spell",
          "spell"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "egy:Law"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "plea"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "law",
          "law#English"
        ],
        [
          "plea",
          "plea"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(law) plea"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "law"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "used as a generic object for certain verbs such as wḏ (“to command”) and wḏꜥ (“to judge”)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "wḏ",
          "wḏ#Egyptian"
        ],
        [
          "wḏꜥ",
          "wḏꜥ#Egyptian"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmaːtʼaw/",
      "note": "reconstructed"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmaːtʼaw/",
      "note": "reconstructed"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmaːtʼə/",
      "note": "reconstructed"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmoːtʼ/",
      "note": "reconstructed"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmaːtʼaw/",
      "note": "Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/maˈtʼuww/",
      "note": "Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmaːtʼaw/",
      "note": "Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/maˈtʼuww/",
      "note": "Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmaːtʼə/",
      "note": "Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/məˈtʼuww/",
      "note": "Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmoːtʼ/",
      "note": "latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/məˈtʼøww/",
      "note": "latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mɛduː/",
      "note": "modern Egyptological"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "md-d-w"
    },
    {
      "word": "md-w"
    },
    {
      "word": "md"
    },
    {
      "word": "md-md-md"
    },
    {
      "word": "md-d"
    },
    {
      "word": "m-d-md-w"
    },
    {
      "word": "m-md-d-w"
    },
    {
      "word": "md-Z1:Z2ss"
    },
    {
      "word": "md-d:t*y"
    },
    {
      "word": "mdwtj"
    },
    {
      "word": "[Old Kingdom]"
    },
    {
      "word": "[18th Dynasty]"
    },
    {
      "word": "uncommon"
    },
    {
      "word": "Y1"
    },
    {
      "word": "A2"
    },
    {
      "word": "A2-Z3"
    },
    {
      "word": "Y1:Z2"
    },
    {
      "word": "[Middle Kingdom]"
    },
    {
      "word": "[New Kingdom]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "mdw"
}

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  "categories": [
    "Egyptian entries with incorrect language header",
    "Egyptian lemmas",
    "Egyptian masculine nouns",
    "Egyptian nouns"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "mdw-jꜣw"
    },
    {
      "word": "mdw n š"
    },
    {
      "word": "mdw-rḫyt"
    },
    {
      "word": "mdw-ḥp"
    },
    {
      "word": "mdw-ḥr"
    },
    {
      "word": "mdw šps"
    },
    {
      "word": "mdw šps n spꜣt"
    },
    {
      "word": "mdw-kꜣ-ḥḏ"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "md-Z1:xt",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "masculine",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "egy-decl-noun",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mdw",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mdwwj",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mdww",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "egy",
        "2": "nouns",
        "head": "<hiero>md-Z1:xt</hiero>",
        "head2": ""
      },
      "expansion": "md-Z1:xt",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "head": "<hiero>md-Z1:xt</hiero>"
      },
      "expansion": "md-Z1:xt m",
      "name": "egy-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mdw",
        "g": "m"
      },
      "name": "egy-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Egyptian",
  "lang_code": "egy",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "staff, rod"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "staff",
          "staff"
        ],
        [
          "rod",
          "rod"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "staff as a weapon"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "staff",
          "staff"
        ],
        [
          "weapon",
          "weapon"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "staff as a kind of scepter, staff of authority, baton; also given as a grave good"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "staff",
          "staff"
        ],
        [
          "kind",
          "kind"
        ],
        [
          "scepter",
          "scepter"
        ],
        [
          "authority",
          "authority"
        ],
        [
          "baton",
          "baton"
        ],
        [
          "grave good",
          "grave good"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "sacred staff with the head of a god, revered as a symbol of a particular god or nome"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sacred",
          "sacred"
        ],
        [
          "staff",
          "staff"
        ],
        [
          "head",
          "head"
        ],
        [
          "god",
          "god"
        ],
        [
          "revere",
          "revere"
        ],
        [
          "symbol",
          "symbol"
        ],
        [
          "particular",
          "particular"
        ],
        [
          "nome",
          "nome"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "used in various titles: custodian, attendant, maintainer"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "various",
          "various#English"
        ],
        [
          "title",
          "title#English"
        ],
        [
          "custodian",
          "custodian"
        ],
        [
          "attendant",
          "attendant"
        ],
        [
          "maintainer",
          "maintainer"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "md"
    },
    {
      "word": "md-Z1"
    },
    {
      "word": "m-d-md"
    },
    {
      "word": "md-m-d"
    },
    {
      "word": "md-w"
    },
    {
      "word": "[Old Kingdom]"
    },
    {
      "word": "uncommon"
    },
    {
      "word": "md-Z1:xt"
    },
    {
      "word": "m-d-w-xt"
    },
    {
      "word": "md-Z1-A40"
    },
    {
      "word": "md-t:Z1-xt"
    },
    {
      "word": "md-Z1«H13»"
    },
    {
      "word": "mD:xt"
    },
    {
      "word": "mtw"
    },
    {
      "word": "mḏ"
    },
    {
      "word": "[Middle Kingdom]"
    },
    {
      "word": "[New Kingdom]"
    },
    {
      "word": "[Late Period]"
    },
    {
      "word": "[Greco-Roman Period]"
    },
    {
      "word": "in hieratic"
    }
  ],
  "word": "mdw"
}

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