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CHICAGO DEMOTIC DICTIONARY (23 JULY 2003): 03.1
in compound
rmt.w nt y (n) mms hn n£ wb.w Pt˙ "the elders among the priests of Pta˙" ( P O Óor 19, 15)
D˙wty p£ £ p£ £ nt y (nn) mms "Thoth, the twice great who was first born" ( P O Óor 12A, 2)
£ ((n)) ˙££†† "to be (self-)confident" (lit., "to be great of heart")
= EG 53 & 57, but vs. derivation < £w "to be wide" suggested on p. 57
N.B. exx. written w n ˙£† involve inf. of £
vs. EG 57, CD 533a, KHWb 296, DELC 251b; Volten, Dem. Weisheitsb. (1941) 73-75; Bresciani,
RSO 37 (1962) 164, n. 3; Lichtheim, AEL, 3 (1980) p. 213, n. 3, who suggested separate
idiom derived < w "to be wide"
in
reread ˙wy ˙£t in idiom ˙wy ˙£t r "to put one's heart (into)"; see under ˙wy "to throw," below
so read by Quack, Enchoria 23 (1996) 63, n. 5, citing Volten, Dem. Weisheitsb. (1941) p. 73, n. 1
vs. Volten, Dem. Weisheitsb. (1941) pp. 73-75, who read £w ˙£† "to be patient" & interpreted as
"etymologically correct" writing of postulated idiom "wide of heart"
R P Carlsberg 5d, 5
for discussion of different nuances of meaning, see Volten, Dem. Weisheitsb. (1941) 73-75, &
Lichtheim, AEL, 3 (1980) p. 213, n. 3; for earlier phases of Egyptian, see Federn, JEA 36 (1950)
50, & Piankoff, Coeur (1930) p. 36
N.B. for n. forms, see under £ "greatness," below
w. positive connotation
"to be stouthearted" ( E P OI 19422, 3 & 6; P P 'Onch, 14/6)
for discussion, see Hughes, JNES 17 (1958) 10
w. extended meaning
"to be steadfast, patient"
~ Í∆‚ ¬apple≤‡ "to be patient" CD 533a, KHWb 296, DELC 251b
for discussion of derivation, see Quack, Enchoria 23 (1996) 62-63
as good quality, parallel to ≈m b£.t "to be small of wrath"
≈m b£.t ⎯ n ˙£†–k "Be small of wrath & ⎯ in order that your heart may be beautiful!" ( P P 'Onch, 6/8)
w. negative connotation
"to be obstinate, haughty" ( P P Padua vo, x+16 [vs. Bresciani RSO 37 (1962) 164, n. 3, who
trans. "to delay"]; R P Leiden 384 vo, 1*/24; R P BM 10588, 8/11; R P Insinger, 2/9
[vs. Lichtheim, AEL, 3 (1980) 186, who trans. "fito be tardy‡"] & 4/13)
~ £ ¡b "haughty" Wb 1, 162/10
N.B. this idiom must be kept distinct from the combination £ (n) ˙£t plus noun or pronoun "to be great
in the heart of …," where ˙£t is modified by a possessive or genitival construction
y n ßy "to be great in well-being" (lit., "personal destiny") (EG 485 [= R P Rhind 1, 1d3])
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