jdb

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /idɛb/
  • Conventional anglicization: ideb

Noun

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1. riverbank
   • c. 1401 BCE, Amduat of Amenhotep II (tomb of Amenhotep II, KV35) First Hour, closing text, line 6:

     ⟨mjn⟩y.ṯn n jdb štꜣ

     May you moor at the secret riverbank.

2. shore

Inflection

Declension of jdb (masculine)

singular	jdb
dual	jdbwj
plural	jdbw

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of jdb  

jdb	jdb

Derived terms

• jdbwj

References

• Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, page 146
• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 153.2–153.10