ꜣpd

Egyptian

Pronunciation

Noun

Ap
d
G38

 m

  1. bird
    • Tomb of Senbi, Rock Tombs at Meir:
      amaAT14r
      G38
      Z3
      ꜥmꜥꜣ r ꜣpdw
      Throwing at the birds.
  2. small waterfowl, perhaps particularly a duck

Inflection

Alternative forms

Note that the bird hieroglyph is G38, not the nearly identical G39.

Derived terms

Proper noun

Ap
d
G41N14

 m

  1. (astronomy) a constellation, literally ‘the Bird’, corresponding to modern Triangulum and Perseus

Verb

Ap
d
D54

 3-lit.

  1. (intransitive) to come hastening, to rush onward (+ r: to, towards)
  2. (intransitive, of the heart) to beat more quickly

Inflection

Alternative forms

References

  • A. M. Blackman, The Rock Tombs of Meir, Vol. 1, pl. 2
  • Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1926-1961) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 9.5–9.8, 9.12–9.14
  • Faulkner, Raymond (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 3
  • Faulkner, Raymond (1952) “ꜣpd = ‘duck’” in The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, Vol. 38, p. 128
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