Meanings
Representing the sky with an uncertain object suspended from it, originally 𓇱 (N3), with the object possibly a broken oar or a drill U25, U24 with the sky as drill-weight. In later versions from the 18th Dynasty the object looks similar to the lower half of a broken scepter wAs.
Logogram for grḥ (“night”).
Represents a complete word or concept
Determinative for words relating to darkness, obscurity, and night, as in grḥ, wḫ (“night”), kkw (“darkness”), jḫḫw (“dusk”).
Clarifies the meaning of other signs
Classifier night
Clarifies the meaning of other signs
The sky with a sceptre with a forked end hanging from it.
Has a specialized or contextual function
Logogram: GrH — night
Represents a complete word or concept
Determinative: Night
Clarifies the meaning of other signs
Attested Examplesfrom the TLA corpus
𓇼𓄿𓅱𓏏𓍼𓏥 𓆑 𓇳𓏤 𓏇𓇋 𓎼𓂋𓎛𓇰
dwꜣ.wt.PL =f hrw mꞽ grḥ
Seine Verehrungen (geschehen) am Tage wie in der Nacht.
𓊪𓊃𓎛𓄑𓀁 𓂋𓂝𓇳𓅆 𓅓 𓆼𓄿𓏲𓏭𓇰𓇳𓏤
pzḥ rꜥ.w m ḫꜣwꞽ
"Am Abend wurde Re gebissen!"
𓇋𓏲 𓀀 𓏇𓇋 𓊃𓀀𓏤 𓎁𓏏𓏲𓀜 𓅓 𓂝𓐍𓐍𓏲𓇰
ꞽw =ꞽ mꞽ z ꞽti̯.w m ꜥḫḫ.w
(Doch) ich war wie ein Mann, der von der Dämmerung ("Zwielicht") ergriffen wurde.
Source: Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae corpus (CC BY-SA 4.0) — translations in German.
Quick Info
- Gardiner Code
- N2
- Unicode
- U+131F0
- Category
- N
- Meanings
- 6
- Transliterations
- 6
- Source
- both
- Text examples
- 3
