r gs

Egyptian

Etymology

r (“regarding, with respect to”) +‎ gs (“side”).

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /ɛr ɡɛs/
  • Conventional anglicization: er ges

Preposition

1. beside
   • c. 1900 BCE, The Instructions of Kagemni (pPrisse/pBN 183) lines 1.9–1.10:

     (j)m ꜣtw r jwf r gs skn šzp dj.f n.k

     Don’t raven after meat next to a voracious man; partake when he gives to you.

References

• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 342.