From ḏdf ( “ to form goosebumps, to stand on end ” ) + -t
f
any crawling legless animal ; snake , serpent , worm
c. BCE BCE ,
Great Hymn to Osiris (Stela of Amenmose, Louvre C 286) lines 11–12:
tꜣ pn m-ꜥ.f mw.f ṯꜣw.f sm(w).f mnmnt.f nbt pꜣyt nbt ḫnnt nbt ḏdfwt .f ꜥwt.f ḫꜣst smꜣꜥ.w n zꜣ nwt tꜣwj hr.w ḥr.s This land is in his hand — its water and its wind, its plants and all its cattle, all that flies and all that lands, its creeping creatures and its quadrupeds of the desert, were given to the son of Nut, and the Two Lands (Egypt) are pleased with it.
Declension of ḏdft (feminine)
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ḏdft
ḏdf
[since the Late Period]
Akhmimic Coptic: ϫⲉⲧϥⲉ ( četfe )
Bohairic Coptic: ϭⲁⲧϥⲓ ( catfi )
Fayyumic Coptic: ϫⲉⲧϥⲓ ( četfi )
Sahidic Coptic: ϫⲁⲧϥⲉ ( čatfe ) , ϫⲁⲧⲃⲉ ( čatbe )
Lycopolitan Coptic: ϫⲉⲧϥⲉ ( četfe ) Erman, Adolf , Grapow, Hermann (1931 ) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache [1] →ISBN pages 633.6–634.3 Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962 ) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian , Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN page 326 
