bꜣjr

Egyptian

FWOTD – 2 March 2022

Pronunciation

(reconstructed Late Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈβøʔɾə/

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /bɑir/
- Conventional anglicization: bair

Noun

m

(Late Egyptian) baris (a type of flat-bottomed freighter used on the Nile)

Inflection

Declension of *bꜣjr* (masculine)
singular	bꜣjr
dual	bꜣjrwj
plural	bꜣjrw

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of bꜣjr

bꜣyr

bꜣjryw

plural

Descendants

> Demotic: br (inherited)
- > Coptic: ⲃⲁⲁⲣⲉ (baare), ⲃⲁⲣⲓ (bari) — Bohairic (inherited)
  - → Ancient Greek: βᾶρις (bâris)
    - → English: baris (learned)
    - → Latin: bāris (see there for further descendants)

Noun

m

a type of Nilotic fish

Inflection

Declension of *bꜣjr* (masculine)
singular	bꜣjr
dual	bꜣjrwj
plural	bꜣjrw

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of bꜣjr

bꜣjryw

plural

References

Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926–1961) “br (bjr)”, in Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN