ꜣḫw

An abstract noun derived from ꜣḫ (“to be effective”) +‎ -w.

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /ɑxuː/
  • Conventional anglicization: akhu

 m

1. effectiveness, usefulness, capability
2. skills, expertise
   • c. 1900 BCE, The Instructions of Ptahhotep (pPrisse/pBN 186–194) line 5.9, D56:

     nn ḥmww ꜥpr ꜣḫw.f

     There is no artisan who has fully mastered his skills.

3. magical power or efficacy
   • c. 1550 BCE – 1295 BCE, Great Hymn to Osiris (Stela of Amenmose, Louvre C 286) lines 13–14:

     jr.n snt.f mkt.f sḥr{y}t ḫrww sḥmt zpw šd-ḫrw m ꜣḫw r(ꜣ).s

     His sister has served as his protector, she who drove off the enemies, who put an end to the deeds of the Disturber (Set) by the magical prowess of her mouth

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /ɑxuː/
  • Conventional anglicization: akhu

 m

1. Middle Kingdom and later form of of jꜣḫw (“sunlight, radiance, divine epithet”)

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎, volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 13, 15.4–15.9
• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, pages 4–5
• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 160, 213.
• Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, page 145