grw
See also: GRW
Egyptian
FWOTD – 29 August 2019
Etymology 1
From gr (“to be still, to be silent”).
Pronunciation
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /ɡɛruː/
- Conventional anglicization: geru
Noun
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- one who is silent, one who doesn’t talk [Middle Kingdom to New Kingdom]
- a calm, dispassionate, and self-effacing person, seen as wisely living according to Maat (virtue/truth/cosmic order) [Middle Kingdom to New Kingdom]
- c. 1928–1924 BCE, Stele of Wepwawetaa (Leiden V4/AP 63), lines 9–10:
… 
- jnk grw mm srw […] ssbq.n nswt ḫnt tꜣwj mḥ-jb.f ḫnt rḫwt.f
- I was a silent/dispassionate one among the officials, […] whom the king honored in front of the Two Lands (Egypt), his confidant at the fore of his subjects
- c. 1900 BCE, The Instructions of Kagemni (pPrisse/pBN 183) lines 1.1–1.2:
- wn ẖn n grw wsḫ st nt hr m mdww
- Open is the tent to the quiet one; broad is the place of the one calm in speech.
- c. 1928–1924 BCE, Stele of Wepwawetaa (Leiden V4/AP 63), lines 9–10:
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Usage notes
In the second sense, this word is often followed by epithets such as mꜣꜥ (“just, true”).
Inflection
Declension of grw (masculine)
| singular | grw |
|---|---|
| dual | grwwj |
| plural | grww |
Antonyms
- (calm and self-effacing person): wḫꜣ
Pronunciation
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /ɡɛruː/
- Conventional anglicization: geru
Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of grw
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| gr | ||
| This writing is more common than the full form. |
References
- James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, 263 page 94, 263.
- Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1931) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 5, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 180.9–180.11
- Faulkner, Raymond (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 290
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