šr

See also: sr, Sr, SR, .sr, sr., and Sr.

Demotic

Etymology

From Egyptian (šr, “boy, lad, son”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Bohairic, Sahidic) /ˈʃeːɾə/
• IPA^(key): (Fayyumic) /ˈʃeːlə/

Noun

 m

1. son

Descendants

• Bohairic Coptic: ϣⲏⲣⲓ (šēri)
• Fayyumic Coptic: ϣⲏⲗⲓ (šēli), ϣⲏⲣⲓ (šēri)
• Sahidic Coptic: ϣⲏⲣⲉ (šēre)

References

• Erichsen, Wolja (1954) Demotisches Glossar, Copenhagen: Ejnar Munksgaard, pages 516–517

Egyptian

Etymology

From šrr (“to be(come) little”).

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ˈʃuːɾij/ → /ˈʃuːɾij/ → /ˈʃuːɾə/ → /ˈʃeːɾə/

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈʃuːɾij/
• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈʃuːɾij/
• (Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈʃuːɾə/
• (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈʃeːɾə/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /ʃɛr/
  • Conventional anglicization: sher

Noun

 m

1. boy, child
2. lad, young man
3. (Late Egyptian) son, especially a younger son

Inflection

Declension of šr (masculine)

singular	šr
dual	šrwj
plural	šrw

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of šr  

šrj

[since the 18th Dynasty]

Descendants

• Demotic: (šr)
  • Bohairic Coptic: ϣⲏⲣⲓ (šēri)
  • Fayyumic Coptic: ϣⲏⲗⲓ (šēli), ϣⲏⲣⲓ (šēri)
  • Sahidic Coptic: ϣⲏⲣⲉ (šēre)

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1930) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 4, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 526.9–526.23
• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 270