šr
Demotic
Descendants
References
- Erichsen, Wolja (1954) Demotisches Glossar, Copenhagen: Ejnar Munksgaard, pages 516–517
Egyptian
Etymology
From šrr (“to be(come) little”).
Pronunciation
- (reconstructed) IPA(key): /ˈʃuːɾij/ → /ˈʃuːɾij/ → /ˈʃuːɾə/ → /ˈʃeːɾə/
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /ʃɛr/
- Conventional anglicization: sher
Inflection
Declension of šr (masculine)
singular | šr |
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dual | šrwj |
plural | šrw |
Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of šr
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šrj | ||||
[since the 18th Dynasty] |
Descendants
References
- Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1930) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 4, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 526.9–526.23
- Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 270
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