r ḏbꜣ

r ḏbꜣ

Egyptian

Etymology

r (“regarding”) +‎ ḏbꜣ (“to replace”).

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /jaɾˈcʼaːbaʀ/ → /jaʔˈtʼaːbaʀ/ → /ʔəʔˈtʼaːbəʔ/ → /ʔəˈtʼoːβ/

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /jaɾˈcʼaːbaʀ/
• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /jaʔˈtʼaːbaʀ/
• (Medio-Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA^(key): /ʔəʔˈtʼaːbəʔ/
• (Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /ʔəˈtʼoːβ/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /ɛr d͡ʒɛbɑ/
  • Conventional anglicization: er djeba

Preposition

1. in exchange (for)
2. instead (of)

References

• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 89.