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Egyptian

Etymology

Compare Arabic سَفَر (safar)

Pronunciation

Verb

spr
r
D54

 3-lit.

  1. (intransitive) to arrive (+ r: to arrive at, to get to (some place), to reach (someone))
    • c. 2000 BCE – 1900 BCE, Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor (pHermitage/pPetersburg 1115) lines 173–174:
      spr
      r
      D54n
      n
      Z2
      r
      Xnn
      nw
      WprHrZ1N12
      sbA
      d
      ra Z1 Z1
      miiD&d t
      n
      f
      nb
      t
      spr.n.n r ẖnw ḥr ꜣbd snwj mj ḏdt.n.f nbt
      We arrived home in two months like everything he had said.
    • c. 1550 BCE – 1295 BCE, Great Hymn to Osiris (Stela of Amenmose, Louvre C 286) line 22:
      ir
      Dw
      twr
      Sd
      d
      xrwwwd
      Z9
      D40
      q
      n
      nDs
      z
      p zp
      f
      spr
      r
      D54
      r
      f
      jr ḏwt r šd-ḫrw wd qn zp.f spr(.w) r.f
      Evil has been done to the Disturber (Set), he who committed violence; his misdeed has caught up with him.
  2. (transitive) to reach, to get to (some place or person)
    • c. 1401 BCE, Amduat of Amenhotep II (tomb of Amenhotep II, KV35) First Hour, introduction, right parallel, line 10, upper and lower divisions:
      itrwSV1V20V20p Hr
      D54 t
      a
      r
      r
      t t
      n
      Ba16aSPACESPACEnsp
      r
      t
      D54
      P3dwAtywprA40
      N33A
      št-mḏwtj jtrw ⟨pḥrt ꜥrr(w)t tn⟩ n(j) sprt wjꜣ dwꜣtjw
      Running to this gateway takes a hundred and twenty schenes before the barque reaches the afterworlders.

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Verb

spr
r
A2

 3-lit.

  1. (intransitive) to petition, to appeal (+ n: to; + ḥr: against or about (something))

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Noun

sp
r
spr

 m

  1. rib of a human or animal
  2. ribs as food

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Descendants

  • Bohairic Coptic: ⲥⲫⲓⲣ (sphir)
  • Sahidic Coptic: ⲥⲡⲓⲣ (spir)

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