Egyptian

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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iwf
F51

 m

  1. flesh
  2. (as food) meat, including fish meat
    if
    F51
    nHAt
    t
    j(w)f n(j) ḥꜣtbreast meat
    HAt
    t Z1
    if
    F51
    ḥꜣt j(w)fbreast meat
    if
    F51
    n
    pH
    j(w)f n(j) pḥwjmeat from the hindquarters; ham
    wr
    r
    niwf
    F51
    wr n(j) j(w)flarge piece or quantity of meat
    • c. 1900 BCE, The Instructions of Kagemni (pPrisse/pBN 183) lines 1.9–1.10:
      mAtwI3riH_SPACE
      W
      fF51
      Z2
      rgsZ1sk
      n
      I3A1O43p
      a
      a
      f
      n
      k
      (j)m ꜣtw r jwf r gs skn šzp dj.f n.k
      Don’t raven after meat next to a voracious man; partake when he gives to you.
  3. body
  4. epithet of the god Ra when he passes through the afterworld at night [Theban royal tombs]
  5. (with following genitive) body, corpse (of some particular god) [Theban royal tombs]

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Descendants

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  • Demotic: jwf

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