psḏ

See also: PSD

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /pɛsɛd͡ʒ/
  • Conventional anglicization: pesedj

Noun

 m

1. (anatomy) spine, backbone [since the Pyramid Texts]
2. (anatomy, of humans or animals) back [since the Pyramid Texts]

Inflection

Declension of psḏ (masculine)

singular	psḏ
dual	psḏwj
plural	psḏw

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of psḏ  

psḏ	psd	psd
[Old Kingdom]	[Middle Kingdom]	[Middle Kingdom]

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 556.1–556.9
• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 95