jrp

Egyptian

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ˈjuːɾap/ → /ˈjuːɾap/ → /ˈʔuːɾəp/ → /ˈʔeːɾəp/

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

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /irɛp/
  • Conventional anglicization: irep

Noun

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1. wine
   • c. 1859 BCE – 1840 BCE, The Story of Sinuhe, version B (pBerlin 3022 and pAmherst n-q) line 82:

     wr n.f jrp r mw

     It had wine more abundant than water.

Inflection

Declension of jrp (masculine)

singular	jrp
dual	jrpwj
plural	jrpw

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of jrp  

jrp	jrp	jrp

Derived terms

• jrpy
• jrpyt
• jrpt

Descendants

• Demotic: jrp
  • Coptic: ⲏⲣⲡ (ērp) (Sahidic, Bohairic), ⲏⲗⲡ (ēlp) (Fayyumic)
• → Old Nubian: ⲟⲣⲡⲁ (orpa)
• → Ancient Greek: ἕρπις (hérpis)

References

• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN