pr-ḥḏ

pr-ḥḏ

Egyptian

Etymology

pr (“house”) +‎ ḥḏ (“silver”) in a direct genitive construction, thus ‘house of silver’.

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ˌpaɾuwˈħicʼ/ → /ˌpaɾuwˈħitʼ/ → /ˌpəɾəˈħetʼ/

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˌpaɾuwˈħicʼ/
• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˌpaɾuwˈħitʼ/
• (Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˌpəɾəˈħetʼ/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /pɛr ħɛd͡ʒ/
  • Conventional anglicization: per-hedj

Noun

 m

1. treasury

Inflection

Declension of pr-ḥḏ (masculine)

singular	pr-ḥḏ
dual	prwj-ḥḏ
plural	prw-ḥḏ

References

• Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, page 29