Akh
the transfigured and beatified spirit of a dead person.
Contemporary Examples
Ancient Egyptians believed that every person has three souls: Ka, Ba, and Akh.
Egypt’s Second Revolution: Purging the Mubarak Regime’s Legacy Vivian Salama June 19, 2012
Historical Examples
Akh, if I could also pass in review mentally all the objects in my room!
The Diary of a Superfluous Man and Other Stories Ivn Turgnieff
Akh, Sergyi Petrvitch, when I think of it, how circumspectly we women must behave!
A Nobleman’s Nest Ivan Turgenieff
For heaven’s sake …. Akh, for heaven’s sake, do sing us something.
The Diary of a Superfluous Man and Other Stories Ivn Turgnieff
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. Historical Examples As the years went by Akhnaton seems to have given himself more and more completely to his new religion. The Treasury of Ancient Egypt Arthur E. P. B. Weigall But Akhnaton’s god was the intangible and yet ever-present Father of mankind, made manifest in sunshine. The Treasury of Ancient Egypt Arthur E. […]