Egyptian
Etymology
Onomatopoeic, from the pig’s roaring or grunting.[1]
Pronunciation
- (reconstructed) IPA(key): /ˈɾiːɾij/ → /ˈɾiːɾij/ → /ˈɾiːɾə/ → /ɾiːɾ/
Noun
m
- (male) pig, boar
Inflection
Declension of rrj (masculine)
| singular
|
rrj
|
| dual
|
rrjwj
|
| plural
|
rrjw
|
Descendants
References
- Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1928), Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache[1], 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