A4

A4

𓀃
A·Man and his occupations

Transliteration

dwꜣsdgꜣjmndwAimn
determinativeother

Variants (4)

Meanings

Representing a man with his arms raised. This and other glyphs depicting men conventionally color the skin red; the hair is typically black, and the clothing white (sometimes with black outlines or details).

1
determinative

Determinative meaning "supplicate", such as in dwꜣ (“praise”).

Clarifies the meaning of other signs

2
determinative

Determinative meaning "hide", such as in sdgꜣ (“be hidden”), and jmn (“hide”).

Clarifies the meaning of other signs

3
determinative

Classifier supplication/hiding/rejection

Clarifies the meaning of other signs

4
other

Man, seated, right knee raised, back straight, both arms raised in front, hand palms outwards.

Has a specialized or contextual function

5
determinative

Determinative: Praise, supplicate

Clarifies the meaning of other signs

6
determinative

Determinative: Hide

Clarifies the meaning of other signs

7
determinative

Determinative: Resist

Clarifies the meaning of other signs

Attested Examplesfrom the TLA corpus

𓂋𓈙𓅱𓂉𓏏 𓂞𓏏 𓈖 𓆑 𓇋𓀃

ršw.t rḏꞽ.t n ⸗f ꞽꜣ.w

Freude ist es, für ihn Lobpreis zu geben.

1353 BCE – 1336 BCElate Egyptian

𓇋𓅱 𓇼𓄿𓀃 𓇓𓅱 𓂋 𓈖𓉔𓅱 𓂝𓏤 𓆑

ꞽw dwꜣ sw r nh.w ꜥ =f

Wer ihn verehrt, wird zu einem, den sein Arm behütet.

1818 BCE – 1773 BCEearlier Egyptian

𓆓𓂧 𓏏 𓎢𓋴𓅱𓀓𓏥 𓇋𓏠𓈖𓅱𓀃𓏥 𓂋 𓋴

ḏd =t(w) ks.w ꞽmn.w r =s

(Diagnose:) Man sagt "geheimnisvolle Verbeugung" dazu.

1939 BCE – 1760 BCEearlier Egyptian

Source: Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae corpus (CC BY-SA 4.0) — translations in German.