Egyptian
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Pronunciation
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Interjection
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- (chiefly in religious texts) O! (vocative interjection)
Usage notes
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This interjection is mainly addressed to the deceased, whose name follows it and is itself often followed by a demonstrative pronoun pn, tn, pw, or tw.
Alternative forms
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Alternative hieroglyphic writings of hꜣ
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hꜣ
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with influence from the writing of the verb hꜣj
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- perfective of hꜣj (“to descend”)
References
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- James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 199.