jrj ꜣ r gs

jrj ꜣ r gs

Egyptian

Etymology

jrj (“to do, to make”) +‎ ꜣ (“to tread^?”) +‎ r (“regarding, with respect to”) +‎ gs (“side”).

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /iri ɑ ɛr ɡɛs/
  • Conventional anglicization: iri a er ges

Verb

 compound

1. to go off with or walk with (someone)^?
   • c. 1600 BCE, Westcar Papyrus 12,25:

     ḥnwt.j ḫn sj jy.tj r ḏd n.j [... .j?] jry.s ꜣ r gs.j

     My lady, yes, she had come to say to me [... me?] she would go off with me.

References

• Faulkner, Raymond (1962), “ꜣ”, in A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 1
• Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1926), “ꜣ”, in Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 1.10