r nḥḥ

Egyptian

Etymology

r (“regarding, in”) +‎ nḥḥ (“(cyclical) eternity”).

Pronunciation

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /ɛr nɛhɛh/
- Conventional anglicization: er neheh

Adverb

forever

Descendants

Demotic: nḥḥ
- Akhmimic Coptic: ⲁⲛⲏϩⲉ (anēhe)
- Bohairic Coptic: ⲉⲛⲉϩ (eneh)
- Fayyumic Coptic: ⲉⲛⲉϩ (eneh)
- Lycopolitan Coptic: ⲁⲛⲏϩⲉ (anēhe)
- Sahidic Coptic: ⲉⲛⲉϩ (eneh), ⲉⲛⲉϩⲉ (enehe), ⲉⲛⲏϩⲉ (enēhe)

References

Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1928) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎, volume 2, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 301.1–301.6
Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 137
Gundacker, Roman (2011) “On the Etymology of the Egyptian Crown Name mrsw.t*: An “Irregular” Subgroup of m-Prefix Formations” in Lingua Aegyptia, volume 19, page 53

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.