rmn

rmn

Egyptian

Egyptian numbers ^(edit)

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Cardinal: snwj     Ordinal: snnw     Adverbial: zpwj snwj     Distributive: snwj snwj     Fractional: gs, rmn

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /rɛmɛn/
  • Conventional anglicization: remen

Noun

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1. (often in the dual) shoulder, upper arm
2. a measure of length equivalent to 20 ḏbꜥw (“digits”), 5 šzpw (“palms”), or ⁵⁄₇ of a mḥ (“cubit”) (about 37.6 centimetres)
3. (often in the dual) arm of a person in general, particularly in reference to its motion

   Synonym: ꜥ

4. arm of a balance scale
5. one of the two side rails of a ladder
6. side
7. half
8. a measure of length equivalent to ¹⁄₂ of a ḫt (“rod”) or 50 mḥw (“cubits”) (about 26.25 metres)
9. a measure of area equivalent to ¹⁄₂ of a sṯꜣt (“aroura”) or 50 mḥw tꜣ (“centarouras”) (about 0.14 hectares)

Inflection

Declension of rmn (masculine)

singular	rmn
dual	rmnwj
plural	rmnw

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of rmn  

rmn	rn	rmn
		as a unit of measure

References

• Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1928) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎, volume 2, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 418.1–419.3
• Faulkner, Raymond (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 149
• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, 389 page 125, 389.