ḥfꜣw

Egyptian

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Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ˈħafʀaw/ → /ˈħafʀaw/ → /ˈħafə/ → /ħaf/

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈħafʀaw/ (singular), IPA^(key): /ħafˈʀaːwaw/ (plural)
• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈħafʀaw/ (singular), IPA^(key): /ħafˈʀaːwaw/ (plural)
• (Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈħafə/ (singular), IPA^(key): /ħəfˈaːjə/ (plural)
• (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /ħaf/ (singular), IPA^(key): /ħəˈfoːj/ (plural)

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /hɛfɑuː/
  • Conventional anglicization: hefau

Noun

 m

1. snake, worm

Inflection

Declension of ḥfꜣw (masculine a-stem)

singular	ḥfꜣw
dual	ḥfꜣwwj
plural	ḥfꜣww

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ḥfꜣw  

ḥfꜣw	ḥfꜣw

Derived terms

• ḥfꜣt (“on hands and knees”)

 

Descendants

• Demotic: ḥf
  • Akhmimic Coptic: ϩⲁϥ (haf)
  • Bohairic Coptic: ϩⲟϥ (hof)
  • Fayyumic Coptic: ϩⲁϥ (haf)
  • Lycopolitan Coptic: ϩⲁϥ (haf)
  • Sahidic Coptic: ϩⲟϥ (hof), ϩⲟⲃ (hob), ϩⲟⲡ (hop), ϩⲱⲃ (hōb)

References

• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 168
• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 281.