rrj

Egyptian

Etymology

Onomatopoeic, from the pig’s roaring or grunting.[1]

Pronunciation

(reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ˈɾiːɾij/ → /ˈɾiːɾij/ → /ˈɾiːɾə/ → /ɾiːɾ/

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /rɛri/
- Conventional anglicization: reri

Noun

m

(male) pig, boar

Inflection

Declension of rrj (masculine)

singular	rrj
dual	rrjwj
plural	rrjw

Descendants

Demotic: ryr
- Coptic: ⲣⲓⲣ (rir)

References

Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1928) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎, volume 2, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 438.7
Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 151

te Velde, Herman (1992) “Some Egyptian Deities and their Piggishness” in Luft, Ulrich (ed.), The Intellectual Heritage of Egypt: Studies Presented to László Kákosy by Friends and Colleagues on the Occasion of his 60th Birthday [Fs Kákosy], Studia Aegyptiaca 14, Budapest 1992, page 571

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