r-pr

Egyptian

Etymology

r(ꜣ) (“mouth”) +‎ pr (“house”).

Pronunciation

 
  • (reconstructed) IPA(key): /ɾaʀˈpaːɾuw/ → /ɾaʀˈpaːɾuw/ → /ɾəˈpaːɾə/ → /ɾəˈpoːɾ/

Noun

 m

  1. false door
  2. temple
    • c. 1550 BCE – 1295 BCE, Great Hymn to Osiris (Stela of Amenmose, Louvre C 286) line 1:










      j.nḏ ḥr.k wsjr nb nḥḥ nswt nṯr(w) ꜥšꜣ rnw ḏsr ḫprw štꜣ jrw m rw-prw
      Hail to you, Osiris, lord of eternity, king of gods, numerous of names, sacred of developments, secret of rites in temples!

Inflection

Declension of r-pr (masculine)
singular r-pr
dual rwj-prwj
plural rw-prw
Unusually, both components of this word inflect for number. In the plural, the plural sign
is sometimes written only once, at the end of the word.

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of r-pr  
r-pr

Descendants

  • → Arabic: رِيف (rīf)
  • Demotic: rpy

References

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