qbḥw

Egyptian

Etymology

qbḥ (“to refresh, to cool, to make a libation”) +‎ -w.

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /kɛbɛhuː/
  • Conventional anglicization: qebehu

Noun

 m

1. (often treated as a plural) cool water
2. (often treated as a plural) a libation of water

Inflection

Declension of qbḥw (masculine)

singular	qbḥw
dual	qbḥwwj
plural	qbḥww

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of qbḥw  

qbḥw

Proper noun

 m

1. the sky as a body of water, the sea of stars

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of qbḥw  

qbḥw	qbḥ	qbḥw

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1931) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 5, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 27.15–29.4, 30.1–30.6
• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 278