About the Search Forms
Form “Search for lemma”
Lemma list(s)
In this mandatory search option field you need to choose in which lemma list you want to search: the hieroglyphic-hieratic or/and the Demotic lemma lists. You can either search in only one of the two lists or in both lists simultaneously.
Transliteration
In this optional search field, you can specify the transliteration or a part of the transliteration of a lemma or root that you want to search for.
The following wildcards can be used in a search string:
_ or § | Dummy for any sign. E.g., “_m” will find “ꜣm” as well as “rm.” |
* | Dummy for any amount of any signs. E.g., “*m” will find “ꜣm,” “rnm” as well as simple “m.” |
[ ] | Set of signs: any of the included characters will be searched for. E.g., “[zs]š” will find “sš” as well as “zš.” (Hint: use with “[jy].”) |
? | The preceding sign can occur, but need not occur. E.g., “mr.?y” will find “mr.y” as well as “mry.” |
( ) | The enclosed signs can occur, but need not occur. E.g., “(j)ꜥr” will find “jꜥr” as well as “ꜥr.” |
$ | Use at the end of the string only: lemma is to end at this position. E.g., “jm$” will find “jm,” but not “jmn.” |
> | Use at the beginning of the string only: the lemma or any sublemma of the lemma may start with the string. E.g., “>jmn” will find “jmn.t” and “ꜥ.t-jmn.t.” |
Any “⸮”, “{”, “}”, “⸢”, “⸣”, “〈”, or “〉” in the search string is ignored.
Transliteration encoding
With this mandatory search option field, you have to specify the encoding type of the transliteration that you may have entered: Unicode or traditional Manuel de Codage.
The search form is able to handle different Unicode encoding variants, e.g., both qḏ and ḳč̣. For entering in Unicode you can also use the on-screen keyboard, opened by a click on the icon . For information on the Unicode symbol inventory used in the lemma lists, see here.
If you want to search in both lemma lists simultaneously (see above), the transliteration must be entered in Unicode. This is because the MdC symbol i does not correspond to the same phoneme in the hieroglyphic-hieratic and in the Demotic lemma lists (i̯ and ꞽ respectively); cf. the information on the lemma lists. Consequently, the option to enter the transliteration in MdC is automatically disabled in this case.
Word class/Subclass
With this optional search field, you can specify the word class that the lemma you are searching for is supposed to have.
Root of the lemma
With this optional search field, you can specify the transliteration or a part of a transliteration of a root that the lemma you are searching for is supposed to have.
However, in order to search for roots directly, select the word class Root and enter, for example, a transliteration in the field “Transliteration” (not in the field “Root of the lemma”).
Root transliteration encoding
For technical reasons, the transliteration in the root field can currently only be entered in Unicode. The radio button is therefore fixed and deactivated. For transliteration in Unicode, see the information on Transliteration encoding above.
Translation
In this optional search field you can specify the translation or a part of the translation of a lemma that you want to search for. A language-specific mechanism operates in the background, leveling the differences between inflectional forms (e.g., house vs. houses).
Currently, phrase search is not yet available in this case. A sequence of words separated by spaces is interpreted in terms of “A (anywhere)and B (anywhere).”
Translation language
In this mandatory search option field you need to specify in which language you entered the translation that you want to search for: in English, French, or German. Please note that while all (translatable) lemmata include a translation in German, not all lemmata have English or French translation equivalents. For more information on this, see here.
If you leave the field “Translation” blank, the language setting will have no effect on the search.
Bibliography
In this optional search field, you can specify elements of a bibliographic reference that should be included in the lemma entry that you want to search for (e.g., Wb.).
For bibliographic abbreviations that you might want to look for, see here.
Currently, phrase search is not yet available in this case. A sequence of words separated by spaces is interpreted in terms of “A (anywhere)and B (anywhere).”
“Look up ID” forms
These search fields allow you to look up a persistent TLA ID which you may have found in the TLA or which was cited in another publication. Please enter the bare ID (not an entire URL), e.g., a lemma or root ID such as 170860, or a sentence, text, object, or thesaurus entry ID such as BCU37HWBF5BL5APKALEPWE2RWY.