jrj ꜣ r gs

Egyptian

Etymology

jrj (“to do, to make”) +‎ ꜣ (“to tread^?”) +‎ r (“regarding, with respect to”) +‎ gs (“side”).

Pronunciation

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /iri ɑ ɛr ɡɛs/
- Conventional anglicization: iri a er ges

Verb

compound

to go off with or walk with (someone)^?
- c. 1600 BCE, Westcar Papyrus 12,25:
  
  ḥnwt.j ḫn sj jy.tj r ḏd n.j [... .j?] jry.s ꜣ r gs.j
  My lady, yes, she had come to say to me [... me?] she would go off with me.

References

Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) “ꜣ”, in A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 1
Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) “ꜣ”, in Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎, volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 1.10

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