ḏw

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒuː/
  • Conventional anglicization: dju

Etymology 1

Noun

 m

1. mountain

Inflection

Declension of ḏw (masculine)

singular	ḏw
dual	ḏwwj
plural	ḏww

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ḏw  

ḏw	ḏw	ḏw

Derived terms

• tpj-ḏw.f

Descendants

• Demotic: tw
  • Coptic: ⲧⲟⲟⲩ (toou) (Sahidic), ⲧⲱⲟⲩ (tōou) (Bohairic), ⲧⲁⲩ (tau) (Akhmimic, Fayyumic)

Etymology 2

Adjective

1. evil, bad, wicked

Inflection

Declension of ḏw

	masculine	feminine
singular	ḏw	ḏwt
dual	ḏwwj	ḏwtj
plural	ḏww	ḏwwt1, ḏwt2
Archaic in Middle Egyptian when modifying a noun. From Middle Egyptian, this feminine singular form was generally used for the plural. In Late Egyptian, the masculine singular form was used with all nouns.

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ḏw  

ḏw	ḏw

Derived terms

Terms derived from ḏw

bd ḏwj (“badness”) ḏwj (“evil”, adjective)

ḏwt (“evil, sadness”, noun)

Descendants

• Demotic: ḏwṱ (“impure”)
  • Coptic: ϫⲟⲟⲩⲧ (joout, “base, lowly, rejected (one)”)

Proper noun

 m

1. the embodiment of evil, Apep

References

• Faulkner, Raymond (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN
• Allen, James (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, revised second edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 213