tr

See also: .tr, TR, Tr., t. r., and tr.

𝆖	U+1D196, 𝆖 MUSICAL SYMBOL TR

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[U+1D195]

Musical Symbols

𝆗 →
[U+1D197]

Translingual

Symbol

tr

(international standards) ISO 639-1 language code for Turkish.
(music) trill
(mathematics) The symbol for the trace function on square matrices.

English

Noun

tr

Abbreviation of translator.
Abbreviation of table row.

Adjective

tr (not comparable)

(grammar) Abbreviation of transitive.

Synonyms

(grammar): tr.

Anagrams

R/T, RT, rt

Egyptian

Pronunciation

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /tɛr/
- Conventional anglicization: ter

Noun

m

season
a time
- c. 1900 BCE, The Instructions of Kagemni (pPrisse/pBN 183) lines 1.6–1.7:
  
  ẖz pw ḥnt n ẖt.f swꜣ tr smḫ nf wstn ẖt m pr.sn
  He who is greedy for the sake of his belly when the time has passed is a wretch: those forget one whose belly roamed free in their house.

Inflection

Declension of tr (masculine)

singular	tr
dual	trwj
plural	trw

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of tr

trj

jtr

tr

ṯr

Particle

enclitic

Interrogative particle; indicates that the phrase is a question
really?, actually?

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of tr

tj

tr

trj

Derived terms

ptr

Verb

2-lit.

(transitive) to respect
(intransitive) to be respectful
(transitive) to worship
(transitive) to hail
- 12th Dynasty, The Story of Sinuhe line 11:
- c. 1859 BCE – 1840 BCE, The Story of Sinuhe, version B (pBerlin 3022 and pAmherst n-q) lines 10–11:
  
  ḫp.n.j z ꜥḥꜥ(.w) m r(ꜣ)-wꜣt tr.n.f wj snḏ(.j) n.f
  I crossed a man standing on the road and he saluted me, but I feared him.

Inflection

Conjugation of tr (biliteral / 2-lit. / 2rad.) — base stem: tr, geminated stem: trr

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive¹	singular	plural
tr	trw, tr	trt	tr, j.tr	tr, j.tr

‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem	periphrastic imperfective²		periphrastic prospective²
tr	ḥr tr	m tr	r tr

suffix conjugation
aspect / mood	active	passive	contingent
aspect / mood	active	passive	aspect / mood	active	passive
perfect	tr.n	trw, tr	consecutive	tr.jn	active + .tj¹, .tw²
perfect	tr.n	active + .tj¹, .tw²
terminative	trt
perfective³	tr	active + .tj¹, .tw²	obligative¹	tr.ḫr	active + .tj¹, .tw²
imperfective	tr, j.tr¹	active + .tj¹, .tw²	obligative¹	tr.ḫr	active + .tj¹, .tw²
prospective³	tr	trr	potentialis¹	tr.kꜣ	active + .tj¹, .tw²
prospective³	tr	active + .tj¹, .tw²
subjunctive	tr, j.tr¹	active + .tj¹, .tw²

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms		participles
aspect / mood	active	passive	active	passive
perfect	tr.n	active + .tj¹, .tw²	—	—
perfective	tr	active + .tj¹, .tw²	tr	trr, trrj⁶, tr², trw^{2 5}, try^{2 5}
imperfective	j.tr¹, tr, try, trw⁵	active + .tj¹, .tw²	j.tr¹, j.trw^{1 5}, tr, trj⁶, try⁶	tr, trw⁵
prospective	tr, trtj⁷	—	trtj⁴, trt⁴
Used in Old Egyptian; archaic by Middle Egyptian. Used mostly since Middle Egyptian. Archaic or greatly restricted in usage by Middle Egyptian. The perfect has mostly taken over the functions of the perfective, and the subjunctive and periphrastic prospective have mostly replaced the prospective. Declines using third-person suffix pronouns instead of adjectival endings: masculine .f/.fj, feminine .s/.sj, dual .sn/.snj, plural .sn. Only in the masculine singular. Only in the masculine. Only in the feminine.

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of tr

tr

try

twr

References

James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, 103, 107, 216, 281 page 56, 103, 107, 216, 281.
Faulkner, Raymond (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 300

Romanian

Interjection

tr

Obsolete form of ptru.

References

tr in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From troigh.

Noun

tr

ft (foot/feet)