mdw-jꜣw

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Egyptian

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Etymology

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mdw (staff) +‎ jꜣw (old age) in a direct genitive construction, thus literally ‘staff of old age’.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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mdA19A1

 m

  1. a son who assumes the duties of his aged father, allowing the father to remain in office, supported by his son, who carries out the father’s responsibilities as deputy [Middle Kingdom and 18th Dynasty]
    • c. 1900 BCE, The Instructions of Ptahhotep (pPrisse/pBN 186–194) lines 5.2–5.3:
      wDw&&t Y1
      n
      bA&k A1imir
      t
      mdA19A1
      ixY1D&d A1
      n
      f
      mddwA2sDmmiiwA1
      Z2
      z
      x
      rwY1
      Z2
      imimwZ2
      HAt
      t
      Z1
      pG41AWZ2sssDm m
      n
      R8A
      wḏ.t(w) n bꜣk jm jrt mdw-jꜣw jḫ ḏd.j n.f mdw sḏmyw sḫrw jmjw-ḥꜣt pꜣw sḏm n nṯrw
      May your humble servant (i.e. the father) be commanded to make his son his deputy (literally, a staff of old age); then I will tell him the words of the listeners, the advice of ancestors who once listened to the gods.

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