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Egyptian
Etymology
m (“in”) + ḏr (“limit, since, because”).
Pronunciation
Conjunction
- (Late Egyptian) makes a subjunctive-prospective sḏm.f construction serve as a dependent temporal clause
- as, when, at the time of, upon (some occurrence)
- after, since
- while
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of m-ḏr
Descendants
Preposition
- (Late Egyptian) because of
See under the conjunction above.
References
- Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1931) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 5, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 593.15–593.17
- Junge, Friedrich (2005) Late Egyptian Grammar: An Introduction, second English edition, Oxford: Griffith Institute, pages 89, 108, 140, 143, 159, 224–228, 233
