rrj

rrj

Egyptian

Etymology

Onomatopoeic, from the pig’s roaring or grunting.[1]

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ˈɾiːɾij/ → /ˈɾiːɾij/ → /ˈɾiːɾəʔ/ → /ɾiːɾ/

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈɾiːɾij/
• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈɾiːɾij/
• (Medio-Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈɾiːɾəʔ/
• (Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /ɾiːɾ/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /rɛri/
  • Conventional anglicization: reri

Noun

 m

1. (male) pig, boar

Inflection

Declension of rrj (masculine)

singular	rrj
dual	rrjwj
plural	rrjw

Descendants

• Demotic: ryr
  • Coptic: ⲣⲓⲣ (rir)

References

• Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1928) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎, volume 2, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 438.7
• Faulkner, Raymond (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 151

1. te Velde, Herman (1992) “Some Egyptian Deities and their Piggishness” in Luft, Ulrich (ed.), The Intellectual Heritage of Egypt: Studies Presented to László Kákosy by Friends and Colleagues on the Occasion of his 60th Birthday [Fs Kákosy], Studia Aegyptiaca 14, Budapest 1992, page 571