jfdw

Egyptian

Egyptian numbers ^(edit)

	40
←  3	𓏽 4	5  →
Cardinal: jfdw     Ordinal: jfdnw     Adverbial: jfdw zpw     Distributive: jfdw jfdw     Fractional: r jfdw, ḥsb

Etymology

Compare Hausa huɗu, Beja faɖiɡ and Bidiyo paɗaŋ.

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /jafˈtʼaw/ → /jafˈtʼaw/ → /ʔəfˈtʼaw/ → /ʔəfˈtʼaw/

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /jafˈtʼaw/
• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /jafˈtʼaw/
• (Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA^(key): /ʔəfˈtʼaw/; compare the Akkadian transcription in Middle Babylonian 𒁉𒁕𒌑 (⸢pi₂⸣-⸢ṭa⸣-u₂ /⁠piṭau⁠/)
• (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /ʔəfˈtʼaw/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /ifɛduː/
  • Conventional anglicization: ifedu

Numeral

1. four

Inflection

Declension of jfdw

	masculine	feminine
singular	jfdw	jfdt

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of jfdw  

jfdw

• 𒁉𒁕𒌑 (⸢pi₂⸣-⸢ṭa⸣-u₂ /⁠piṭau⁠/) (14^th BCE cuneiform)

Derived terms

• jfd (“rectangle; linen sheet”)
• jfdj
• jfdt

 

Descendants

• Akhmimic Coptic: ϥⲧⲁⲩ (ftau)
• Bohairic Coptic: ϥⲧⲟⲟⲩ (ftoou)
• Lycopolitan Coptic: ϥⲧⲁⲩ (ftau)
• Sahidic Coptic: ϥⲧⲟⲟⲩ (ftoou), ⲃⲧⲟⲟⲩ (btoou)

References

• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 102.
• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN