Egyptian
Pronunciation
- (noun meaning ‘flower’): (reconstructed) IPA(key): /ħVˈɾuːɾat/ → /ħVˈɾuːɾaʔ/ → /ħəˈɾuːɾa/ → /ħəˈɾeːɾə/
- (noun meaning ‘flower’): (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA(key): /ħVˈɾuːɾat/
- where V represents an unknown short vowel.
- (noun meaning ‘flower’): (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA(key): /ħVˈɾuːɾaʔ/
- where V represents an unknown short vowel.
- (noun meaning ‘flower’): (Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA(key): /ħəˈɾuːɾa/
- (noun meaning ‘flower’): (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA(key): /ħəˈɾeːɾə/
Noun
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- flower, blossom [since the 18th Dynasty]
Inflection
Declension of ḥrrt (feminine)
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ḥrrt
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| dual
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ḥrrtj
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| plural
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ḥrrwt
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Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ḥrrt
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| ḥrt
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ḥrrt
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ḥrrt
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ḥrwrw
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ḥrrt
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[18th-19th Dynasty]
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[18th-20th Dynasty]
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[18th–22th Dynasty]
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[18th Dynasty and Greco-Roman Period]
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| from the Ebers Papyrus
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Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ḥrrt
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| ḥꜣrrt
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ḥrr
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ḥrrt
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ḥrrt
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[Greco-Roman Period]
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[Greco-Roman Period]
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[Greco-Roman Period]
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Derived terms
Descendants
- Demotic: (ḥrry)
- Bohairic Coptic: ϩⲣⲏⲣⲓ (hrēri)
- Fayyumic Coptic: ϩⲗⲏⲣⲓ (hlēri)
- →? Proto-Albanian: *lulā
- → Ancient Greek: λείριον (leírion)
- Greek: λειρί (leirí, “cock's comb”)
- → Latin: līlium (see there for further descendants)
- → Serbo-Croatian: lijȇr
- Sahidic Coptic: ϩⲣⲏⲣⲉ (hrēre)
Proper noun
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- a hostile snake in the Duat (underworld) [Theban royal funerary literature and Greco-Roman Period]
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ḥrrt
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| ḥrr
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ḥrr
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[Greco-Roman Period]
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Derived terms
- ḥrrwt nbt (“all crawling things”)
Proper noun
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- an obscure goddess, Hereret [Middle Kingdom]
References
- Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1929) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache[1], volume 3, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 149.8–149.18
- James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 277.