r nḥḥ
Egyptian
Etymology
r (“regarding, in”) + nḥḥ (“(cyclical) eternity”).
Pronunciation
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /ɛr nɛħɛħ/
- Conventional anglicization: er neheh
Adverb
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- forever
Descendants
- Demotic: nḥḥ
- Coptic: ⲉⲛⲉϩ (eneh) – Sahidic, Bohairic, Fayyumic, ⲉⲛⲉϩⲉ (enehe) – Sahidic, ⲉⲛⲏϩⲉ (enēhe) – Sahidic, ⲁⲛⲏϩⲉ (anēhe) – Akhmimic, Lycopolitan
References
- Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1928) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 2, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 301.1–301.6
- Faulkner, Raymond (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 137
- Gundacker, Roman (2011) “On the Etymology of the Egyptian Crown Name mrsw.t*: An “Irregular” Subgroup of m-Prefix Formations” in Lingua Aegyptia, volume 19, page 53