Abinomn
Noun
wr
- tree
Egyptian
Pronunciation
- (reconstructed) IPA(key): /ˈwuːɾVj/ → /ˈwuːɾVj/ → /wuːɾə/ → /weːɾ/
Adjective
- perfective active participle of wrr: big, great, important, chief
- Synonym: ꜥꜣ
- (interrogative) how much?
Inflection
Declension of wr (perfective active participle)
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masculine
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feminine
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| singular
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wr
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wrt
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| dual
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wrwj
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wrtj
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| plural
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wrw
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wrwt1, wrt2
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1 Archaic in Middle Egyptian when modifying a noun.
2 From Middle Egyptian, this feminine singular form was generally used for the plural.
In Late Egyptian, the masculine singular form was used with all nouns.
Descendants
- Akhmimic Coptic: ⲟⲩⲏⲣ (ouēr)
- Bohairic Coptic: ⲟⲩⲏⲣ (ouēr), ⲃⲏⲣ (bēr)
- Fayyumic Coptic: ⲟⲩⲏⲗ (ouēl), ⲟⲩⲏⲣ (ouēr)
- Lycopolitan Coptic: ⲟⲩⲏⲣ (ouēr)
- Old Coptic: ⲟⲩⲏⲣ (ouēr)
- Sahidic Coptic: ⲟⲩⲏⲣ (ouēr), ⲟⲩⲏⲏⲣ (ouēēr)
Noun
m
- greatness, importance
- large amount or degree
Noun
m
- one who is important, great
- 12th Dynasty, Stela of Amenemhat, British Museum, Egyptian Antiquities, E567:
- ḏd.t(w) n.f jj.w m ḥtp jn wrw nw ꜣbḏw
- May "welcome in peace" be said to him by the great ones of Abydos.
- a chief or leader of a (generally foreign) group of people
- c. 1208 B.C.E., Merneptah Stele, line 26:
- wrw p(ꜣ)ḫd ḥr ḏd šꜣrm
- The overthrown princes are saying ‘Peace!’ (lit. ‘Shalom!’)
Inflection
Declension of wr (masculine)
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wr
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wrwj
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wrw
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Alternative hieroglyphic writings of wr
Adverb
- much, very
See also
References
- Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache[1], volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 326–327.19, 328.15–329.6, 329.15–329.18, 330.7–330.11
- James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 63, 72, 95, 281.
- Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, page 54
- ^ Osing, Jürgen (1976) Die Nominalbildung des Ägyptischen, Mainz/Rhein: von Zabern, →ISBN, page 459
Middle English
Determiner
wr
- alternative form of oure (“our”)
Middle Welsh
Pronunciation
Noun
wr
- soft mutation of gwr