A2I
seated man with hand to mouthVariant of
A2
Determinative for eating and drinking, as in wnm (“to eat”), zwr (“to drink”), ḥqr (“to be hungry”).
Other variants (4)
Transliteration
ḏd
determinative
Meanings
noun
- infinitive of ḏd: speech, speaking
- infinitive of ḏd: manner of speech, language
noun
- stability, lastingness
- djed pillar
- epithet of the gods Ptah (in earlier writings) and Osiris (later)
verb
- to say, to speak (words, names, praises, reports, speech, etc., including direct quotes) ḫft: to; + ḥr: to (someone of high standing); + r: against, about, to (someone); + n: for the sake of (someone); + m: with, from (the mouth))
- to talk, to speak
- to speak (good, evil, truth, falsehood, etc.)
verb
- alternative form of r ḏd (introduces a direct quotation or object clause)
