jmjw-jꜣwt.sn

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Egyptian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

jmj (being in) +‎ -w (plural suffix) +‎ jꜣwt (plural of jꜣt (mound)) +‎ .sn (third-person plural suffix pronoun), thus literally ‘those in their mounds’. Some variants leave off .sn for a meaning of ‘those in the mounds’.

Pronunciation[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

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  1. (plural only) a group of seven snake gods who defend Ra from Apophis

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References[edit]

  • Leitz, Christian, Budde, Dagmar, Dils, Peter, Goldbrunner, Lothar, Mendel, Daniela (2002) Christian Leitz, editor, Lexikon der ägyptischen Götter und Götterbezeichnungen, volumes 1: ꜣ–y, Leuven: Peeters, pages 260–261
  • Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 7