wr

wr

See also: WR, ŵr, and -wr

Abinomn

Noun

wr

1. tree

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Egyptian

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ˈwuːɾaw/ → /ˈwuːɾaw/ → /wuːɾə/ → /wøːɾ/

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈwuːɾaw/
• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈwuːɾaw/
• (Medio-Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA^(key): /wuːɾə/
• (Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /wøːɾ/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /wɛr/
  • Conventional anglicization: wer

Adjective

1. perfective active participle of wrr: big, great, important, chief

   Synonym: ꜥꜣ

2. (interrogative) how much?

Inflection

Declension of wr (perfective active participle)

	masculine	feminine
singular	wr	wrt
dual	wrwj	wrtj
plural	wrw	wrwt1, wrt2
Archaic in Middle Egyptian when modifying a noun. From Middle Egyptian, this feminine singular form was generally used for the plural. In Late Egyptian, the masculine singular form was used with all nouns.

Descendants

• Coptic: ⲟⲩⲏⲣ (ouēr)

Noun

 m

1. greatness, importance
2. large amount or degree

Noun

 m

1. one who is important, great
   • 12th Dynasty, Stela of Amenemhat, British Museum, Egyptian Antiquities, E567:

     ḏd.t(w) n.f jj.w m ḥtp jn wrw nw ꜣbḏw

     May "welcome in peace" be said to him by the great ones of Abydos.

2. a chief or leader of a (generally foreign) group of people
   • c. 1208 B.C.E., Merneptah Stele, line 26:

     wrw p(ꜣ)ḫd ḥr ḏd šꜣrm

     The overthrown princes are saying ‘Peace!’ (lit. ‘Shalom!’)

Inflection

Declension of wr (masculine)

singular	wr
dual	wrwj
plural	wrw

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of wr  

wr	wr	wr

Adverb

1. much, very

References

• Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎, volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 326–327.19, 328.15–329.6, 329.15–329.18, 330.7–330.11
• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, 72, 95, 281 page 63, 72, 95, 281.
• Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, page 54

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Middle English

Determiner

wr

1. Alternative form of oure (“our”)

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Middle Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /uːr/

Noun

wr

1. Soft mutation of gwr.