ḏꜣ

Egyptian

FWOTD – 23 February 2020

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒɑ/
  • Conventional anglicization: dja

Noun

 m

1. fire drill (tool used to start fires)
   • c. 2000 BCE – 1900 BCE, Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor (pHermitage/pPetersburg 1115) lines 54–56:

     šdt.j ḏꜣ sḫpr.n.j ḫt jr.n.j z(b)j-n-sḏt n nṯrw

     I took a fire-stick, I made a fire, and I made a burnt offering to the gods.

Inflection

Declension of ḏꜣ (masculine)

singular	ḏꜣ
dual	ḏꜣwj
plural	ḏꜣw

References

• Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, page 147