r ḏr

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See also: rdr, Rdr, rdr., and r:dr

Egyptian

Etymology

r (“to”) +‎ ḏr (“limit”).

Pronunciation

Prepositional phrase

rDr
r
  1. whole, entire
    • c. 2000 BCE – 1900 BCE, Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor (pHermitage/pPetersburg 1115) lines 143–144:
      nTrdwAAA30twn
      k      		 mniwt
      t Z1      		 x t
      f      		 HrZ1q
      n      		 btO38A1
      Z2ss      		 tA
      N23 Z1      		 rDr
      r      		 f
      dwꜣ.tw-nṯr n.k m nwt ḫft ḥr qnbt tꜣ r ḏr.f
      They will thank the god for you in the city in front of the council and the entire land.
  2. all the way (to); to the limit (of)

Usage notes

When this modifies a noun to mean ‘entire’, ḏr typically takes a suffix pronoun referring to the modified noun.

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References

  • James P Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 64.
  • Gardiner, Alan (1957) Egyptian Grammar: Being an Introduction to the Study of Hieroglyphs, third edition, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, § 100, page 79
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