Alphabetical Glossary
This glossary contains every entry of the thematic glossary, arranged in the Egyptian alphabetical order customary in dictionaries. It is the order in which the uniliteral signs are presented in Chapter 1; the letter bar below leads to each letter.
Dots, hyphens and equals signs in the transliteration are ignored in the ordering, as is the capital letter at the start of proper names. Words with identical transliteration appear one after another, each with its own meaning and its place in the thematic glossary.
Each entry links to its place in the thematic glossary, where it appears alongside words from the same semantic field.
ꜣ
j

jj
| Transliteration | Hieroglyphs | English | Thematic glossary |
|---|---|---|---|
| jj | ![]() | To comeType: irreg | Verbs › Coming & Going |
| Jjrḏ | ![]() | Yeraza | Nouns › Foreign Lands & Regions |
| Jjhm | ![]() | Yehem | Nouns › Foreign Lands & Regions |
| jj.t (infinitive) | , ![]() | To comeType: irreg | Verbs › Coming & Going |
ꜥ

w
b
p
f
| Transliteration | Hieroglyphs | English | Thematic glossary |
|---|---|---|---|
| =f | ![]() | His/Him/ItsNumber: SingularGender: MasculinePerson: Third | Pronouns › Suffix Pronouns |
| fꜣj | ![]() | To rise, arise, lift upType: 3-inf | Verbs › Carrying & Loading |
| fnḏ | ![]() | Nose | Nouns › Body Parts (External) |
| fgn | ![]() | To defecateType: str | Verbs › Consumption & Bodily Functions |
| ft | ![]() | Disgust | Nouns › Emotional States & Inner Conditions |
| fd.t | ![]() | Sweat | Nouns › Body Substances & Physiological Products |
m
n
r
h
| Transliteration | Hieroglyphs | English | Thematic glossary |
|---|---|---|---|
| hꜣ | ![]() | Used before a vocative. “O!”, “Oh!” | Particles › Interjections |
| hꜣj | ![]() | To come down, descend, returnType: 3-inf | Verbs › Coming & Going |
| hꜣw | ![]() | Time (of), Era (of) | Nouns › Time & Temporal Cycles |
| hꜣb | ![]() | To send; To write toType: str | Verbs › Communication |
| hj | , ![]() | Husband | Nouns › Family & Kinship |
| hb | ![]() | Plow | Nouns › Tools & Implements |
| hbj | ![]() | To tread (in seed), plowType: 3-inf | Verbs › Agricultural |
| hb.jj | ![]() | Ibis | Nouns › Birds |
| hp | ![]() | Law, Ordinance | Nouns › Law, Justice & Administration |
| hnw | ![]() | Jar | Nouns › Containers & Vessels |
| hnw | ![]() | HinApproximate value: about half a liter | Numerals and Measurements › For measuring liquid volume: |
| hrw | , ![]() | Day | Nouns › Time & Temporal Cycles |
| hrw | ![]() | Pleasing | Adjectives › Moral & Social Evaluation |
| hrw nfr | ![]() | Holiday, Good day | Nouns › Time & Temporal Cycles |
ḥ
ḫ
ẖ

s
š
q
| Transliteration | Hieroglyphs | English | Thematic glossary |
|---|---|---|---|
| qꜣj | ![]() | Tall, High | Adjectives › Physical Condition & Sensory Qualities |
| qꜣꜥ | ![]() | To vomitType: str | Verbs › Consumption & Bodily Functions |
| qꜣs | ![]() | Rope ladder | Nouns › Tools & Implements |
| qꜣqꜣw | ![]() | Travelling Barge | Nouns › Vehicles & Vessels |
| qꜥḥ | ![]() | Elbow | Nouns › Body Parts (External) |
| qbb | ![]() | To be coolType: 2-gem | Verbs › Existence & State |
| qbb | ![]() | Cool | Adjectives › Physical Condition & Sensory Qualities |
| qnj | ![]() | Brave, Strong | Adjectives › Strength, Ability & Character |
| qnb.t | ![]() | Court of Magistrates | Nouns › Law, Justice & Administration |
| qrj | ![]() | Thunder, Storm-cloud | Nouns › Weather |
| qrḥ.t | ![]() | Vessel | Nouns › Containers & Vessels |
| qrs.t | ![]() | Burial, Tomb | Nouns › Death, Burial & Afterlife |
| qḥ | ![]() | Vase | Nouns › Containers & Vessels |
| qs | ![]() | Bone | Nouns › Body Parts (Internal) |
| qsn | ![]() | Difficult | Adjectives › Quality & Value |
| qd | ![]() | To buildType: bi | Verbs › Construction & Labor |
| Qdšw | ![]() | Kadesh | Nouns › Foreign Lands & Regions |
k
g
| Transliteration | Hieroglyphs | English | Thematic glossary |
|---|---|---|---|
| gb | ![]() | Goose | Nouns › Birds |
| Gb | ![]() | Geb | Nouns › Deities |
| gmj | ![]() | To findType: 3-inf | Verbs › Communication |
| gm.wt | ![]() | Weakness | Nouns › Illness, Health & Physical Condition |
| gmḥ | ![]() | To glimpse, look at, seeType: str | Verbs › Perception & Cognition |
| gmgm | ![]() | To break, smashType: str | Verbs › Giving & Taking |
| grw | ![]() | Also After negatives: Further, Any more | Adverbs › Quantity, Addition & Discourse |
| grḥ | ![]() | Night | Nouns › Time & Temporal Cycles |
| grg | ![]() | Falsehood, Lie | Nouns › Moral, Intellectual & Ideological Concepts |
| grg | ![]() | To set up, found, establishType: str | Verbs › Construction & Labor |
| grt | ![]() | Now, Moreover | Adverbs › Temporal Reference |
| grt | ![]() | Either | Adverbs › Quantity, Addition & Discourse |
| grt | ![]() | Like ḥm but normally marks a new topic or a new line of thought. “Now”, “Moreover”, “But” | Particles › Enclitic Particles |
| gḥs | ![]() | Gazelle | Nouns › Wild Animals |
| gs | ![]() | To anointType: bi | Verbs › Worship & Offering |
| Gḏtw | ![]() | Gaza | Nouns › Foreign Lands & Regions |
t
| Transliteration | Hieroglyphs | English | Thematic glossary |
|---|---|---|---|
| t | ![]() | Bread | Nouns › Staple Foods & Drink |
| tꜣ | , , ![]() | Earth, Land, Ground | Nouns › Landscape & Terrain |
| Tꜣ-ꜥ-nꜣ-kꜣ | ![]() | Taanach | Nouns › Foreign Lands & Regions |
| Tꜣ.wj | ![]() | “The Two Lands” (Egypt) | Nouns › Egypt & Its Divisions |
| Tꜣ-mḥw | ![]() | The Land of the Delta (Lower Egypt) | Nouns › Egypt & Its Divisions |
| Tꜣ-stj | , ![]() | Ta-Seti | Nouns › Foreign Lands & Regions |
| tj | , ![]() | Serves to mark a clause with verbal or adverbial predicate as an adverb clause. | Particles › Introductory/Proclitic Particles |
| tjw | ![]() | Occurs only as a separate word. “Yes!” | Particles › Interjections |
| tj.t | ![]() | Pestle | Nouns › Tools & Implements |
| twr | , ![]() | Reed | Nouns › Reeds, Plants & Plant Materials |
| tp | ![]() | Head | Nouns › Body Parts (External) |
| tp | ![]() | upon | Prepositions › Simple Prepositions |
| tp-ꜥ | ![]() | before | Prepositions › Other Compound Prepositions |
| Tfn.t | ![]() | Tefēnet | Nouns › Deities |
| tm | ![]() | To close, shutType: bi | Verbs › Opening & Closing |
| tm | ![]() | A verb meaning “Cease”, “Fail”, “Not do” but it is used more often as the negative counterpart of various verb forms than as a verb in its own right. | Particles › Negative Particles |
| tnj | ![]() | To ageType: 3-inf | Verbs › Growth & Change |
| tnm.w | ![]() | Beer | Nouns › Staple Foods & Drink |
| tr | ![]() | Time, Season | Nouns › Time & Temporal Cycles |
tr tjj | , , ![]() | Occurs exclusively in questions. “Actually”, “Really” | Particles › Enclitic Particles |
























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