bꜣjr
Egyptian
FWOTD – 2 March 2022
Pronunciation
(reconstructed Late Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈβøʔɾ(ə)/
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /bɑir/
- Conventional anglicization: bair
Noun
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m
- (Late Egyptian) baris (a type of flat-bottomed freighter used on the Nile)
Inflection
Declension of bꜣjr (masculine)
singular | bꜣjr |
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dual | bꜣjrwj |
plural | bꜣjrw |
Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of bꜣjr
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bꜣyr | bꜣjryw | |||||||||||||||
plural |
Descendants
- > Demotic: br (inherited)
- > Coptic: ⲃⲁⲁⲣⲉ (baare) (inherited)
- → Ancient Greek: βᾶρις (bâris)
- → Latin: bāris
- ⇒ Late Latin: barca (see there for further descendants)
- → English: baris (learned)
- → Latin: bāris
- → Ancient Greek: βᾶρις (bâris)
- > Coptic: ⲃⲁⲁⲣⲉ (baare) (inherited)
Noun
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m
- a type of Nilotic fish
Inflection
Declension of bꜣjr (masculine)
singular | bꜣjr |
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dual | bꜣjrwj |
plural | bꜣjrw |
Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of bꜣjr
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bꜣjryw | ||||||||
plural |
References
- Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1926–1961), “br (bjr)”, in Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN