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English

Alternative forms

Noun

rd

  1. Abbreviation of road.
  2. Abbreviation of rad (“unit of measure”).
  3. (knitting, firearms) Abbreviation of round.

Anagrams

Egyptian

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

 

Noun

r
d		 rd

 m

  1. foot, leg
    • c. 2000 BCE – 1900 BCE, Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor (pHermitage/pPetersburg 1115) lines 45–46:
      aHaa
      n      		 dwn
      n      		 D54
      n      		 A1r
      d      		 rdrdA1r
      r      		 x
      Y2      		 a
      t      		 A1mrZ1A1
      ꜥḥꜥ.n dwn.n.j rdwj.j r rḫ djt.j m r(ꜣ).j
      Then I stretched out my legs to learn what I might put in my mouth.
Inflection
Declension of rd (masculine)
singular rd
dual rdwj
plural rdw
Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of rd  
r
d		 rdF51
rd
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Demotic: rt

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

 
  • (reconstructed) IPA(key): /ˈɾaːtʼuw/ → /ˈɾaːtʼuw/ → /ˈɾaːtʼə/ → /ˈɾoːtʼ/

Noun

r
d		 M30

 m

  1. bud, shoot
Inflection
Declension of rd (masculine u-stem)
singular rd
dual rdwj
plural rdw

Etymology 3

Verb

r
d		 M30

 2-lit.

  1. (intransitive) to grow
Inflection
Conjugation of rd (biliteral / 2-lit. / 2rad.) — base stem: rd, geminated stem: rdd
infinitival forms imperative
infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural
rd
 rdw, rd
 rdt
 rd, j.rd
 rd, j.rd
‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2
rd
 ḥr rd
 m rd
 r rd
suffix conjugation
aspect / mood active contingent
aspect / mood active
perfect rd.n
 consecutive rd.jn
terminative rdt
perfective3 rd
 obligative1 rd.ḫr
imperfective rd, j.rd1
prospective3 rd
 potentialis1 rd.kꜣ
subjunctive rd, j.rd1
verbal adjectives
aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles
active active passive
perfect rd.n
 — —
perfective rd
 rd
 rdd, rddj6, rd2, rdw2 5, rdy2 5
imperfective j.rd1, rd, rdy, rdw5
 j.rd1, j.rdw1 5, rd, rdj6, rdy6
 rd, rdw5
prospective rd, rdtj7
 rdtj4, rdt4

1 Used in Old Egyptian; archaic by Middle Egyptian.
2 Used mostly since Middle Egyptian.
3 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.
4 Declines using third-person suffix pronouns instead of adjectival endings: masculine .f/.fj, feminine .s/.sj, dual .sn/.snj, plural .sn. 5 Only in the masculine singular.
6 Only in the masculine.
7 Only in the feminine.

Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of rd  
r
d		 T12
r
d		 T12Y1
rd rd
Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Loprieno, Antonio (1995) Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 58
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