jꜣṯw

Egyptian

Etymology

jꜣṯ (“to be(come) injured, mutilated”) +‎ -w. Compare jꜣtjw (“mutilation”) of the same derivation.

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /iɑt͡ʃuː/
  • Conventional anglicization: iatju

Noun

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1. place of execution
2. scene of carnage, shambles

Inflection

Declension of jꜣṯw (masculine)

singular	jꜣṯw
dual	jꜣṯwwj
plural	jꜣṯww

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of jꜣṯw  

jꜣtjw	jꜣtw	jꜣṯw

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 35.2
• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 9