rrj

Egyptian

Etymology

Onomatopoeic, from the pig’s roaring or grunting.

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ˈɾiːɾij/ → /ˈɾiːɾij/ → /ˈɾiːɾə/ → /ɾiːɾ/

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

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /rɛri/
  • Conventional anglicization: reri

Noun

 m

1. (male) pig, boar

Inflection

Declension of rrj (masculine)

singular	rrj
dual	rrjwj
plural	rrjw

Descendants

• Demotic: ryr
  • Coptic: ⲣⲓⲣ (rir)

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1928) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 2, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 438.7
• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 151