rn

See also: Rn and RN

Translingual

Symbol

rn

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-1 language code for Kirundi.

English

Adverb

rn (not comparable)

  1. (informal, Internet slang, text messaging) Alternative form of RN (“right now”)

Anagrams

Egyptian
FWOTD – 9 October 2019

Pronunciation
 

Noun
r
n		 A2

 m

  1. name
    • 6th Dynasty, Giza, Western Cemetery, Shaft G 2188 Y, Block of sunk relief inscription mentioning the dog Abutiu (35-10-22/Cairo JE 67573), lines 1–2:[2]
      T
      z      		 mE14M42n
      n      		 stpV16
      r      		 Hmf
      abwtywE14
      r      		 n
      f
      ṯzm wnn stp-zꜣ r ḥm.f ꜥbwtjw rn.f
      The hound that was the protector of His Majesty. His name is Abutiu.
    • Early Middle Kingdom, Stela of Inher-hotep, Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum, ÄS 90:
      i
      n      		 G39Z1sn
      Z2      		 mr
      r      		 sn
      Z2      		 A21wsn
      Z2      		 sanxn
      x      		 r
      n      		 sn
      Z2      		 Hr
      Z1      		 P6Z1
      O39      		 p
      n
      […] jn zꜣ.sn mr.sn šmsw.sn sꜥnḫ rnw.sn ḥr ꜥḥꜥ pn […]
      […] by their beloved eldest son, who makes their names live on before this stela […]
    • c. 1550 BCE – 1295 BCE, Great Hymn to Osiris (Stela of Amenmose, Louvre C 286) lines 1–4:
      inDD
      Hr
      k      		 Q2
      ir      		 nb
      H ra H      		 swt
      Z2ss      		 nTrI1S
      Z2      		 r
      n
      nw Z2ss      		 Dsr
      r      		 xprZ3S
      t U30      		 iir
      w      		 mr
      Z1      		 pr
      Z1 Z2ss
      A51sskA
      Z1      		 pwxntDdDdwr
      r      		 Xr
      r
      t      		 mR22
      x      		 mpr
      H_SPACE      		 nb
      h      		 n
      nw w      		 A32mA21
      R12      		 t y
      N36      		 xntD
      f
      X4      		 miwnnw
      niwt      		 [[…]]
      DdDdr
      n
      M      		 r
      Z1
      n      		 t nr
      Z2      		 pAt
      X6
      X6      		 n
      N17
      N17
      t
      tm      		 D
      f
      X4      		 kA
      Z2ss      		 xntN9
      t
      Z2ss      		 nTrAxZ1
      H_SPACE      		 mn
      n
      x mnx      		 M
      M
      a      		 AxZ2ss
      H_SPACE
      j.nḏ ḥr.k wsjr nb nḥḥ nswt nṯr(w) ꜥšꜣ rnw ḏsr ḫprw štꜣ jrw m rw-prw špss kꜣ pw ḫnt(j) ḏdw wr ẖrt m ḫm nb hnw m ꜥnḏtj ḫnt(j) ḏf(ꜣ) m jwnw […] ḏd rn m r(ꜣ) n(j) rmt pꜣ(w)tj n(j) tꜣwj tm ḏf(ꜣ) kꜣw ḫnt psḏt ꜣḫ mnḫ mmj ꜣḫw
      Hail to you, Osiris, lord of eternity, king of gods, numerous of names, sacred of developments, secret of rites in temples! He is noble of ka, this foremost one of Busiris, great of possessions in Letopolis, possessor of acclaim in (the nome of) Anedjti, foremost of provisions in Heliopolis, […] whose name endures (literally, “enduring of name”) in the mouth of people, primaeval one of the Two Lands (Egypt), complete of food and sustenance at the head of the Ennead, potent akh among the akhs.
    • c. 1550 BCE – 1295 BCE, Great Hymn to Osiris (Stela of Amenmose, Louvre C 286) lines 7–8:
      E31Axx
      H_SPACE      		 xntE31
      Z2      		 wAHO44t
      Z1      		 z
      mn
      n      		 HqAt
      Z1      		 sxmH_SPACE
      Z1      		 nfrn
      N9
      t      		 H_SPACE
      Z2ss      		 nTr
      M1Y1
      Hr Z1      		 U7
      r
      r      		 U3
      n
      f      		 r
      a
      snD      		 f
      m      		 tA
      tA
      tA
      nb      		 n
      U7
      r
      t      		 d
      m      		 T30
      A2      		 z
      n
      r
      n
      f      		 r
      HAt
      t Z1
      sꜥḥ ꜣḫ ḫnt sꜥḥw wꜣḥ jꜣwt smn ḥqꜣt sḫm nfr n(j) psḏt jmꜣ ḥr mrr mꜣ n.f rdj snḏ.f m tꜣw nb(w) n mr(w)t dm.sn rn.f r ḥꜣt […]
      Effective dignitary, foremost of dignitaries, enduring of office, established of reign, the fair power of the Ennead, gracious of face, the sight of whom is beloved, the awe of whom is set in all lands in order that they pronounce his name first, […]
    • c. 1550 BCE – 1295 BCE, Great Hymn to Osiris (Stela of Amenmose, Louvre C 286) lines 21–22:
      zAZ1
      H_SPACE      		 stt
      H8      		 nDnw t
      n
      f      		 it
      f      		 sDsr
      r      		 wsmn
      n
      x mnx      		 wr&n&f
      zꜣ ꜣst nḏ{t}.n.f jt.f sḏsrw smnḫw rn.f
      The son of Isis, he has avenged his father; his name has been hallowed and made splendid.
  2. (by extension) identity
    • c. 1401 BCE, Amduat of Amenhotep II (tomb of Amenhotep II, KV35) First Hour, closing text, lines 7–8:
      sHDD&ra SPACESPACEk
      k
      t      		 N2z
      r      		 q
      Y2      		 kHst
      t      		 tmmt
      gb      		 pr
      a
      r      		 N31
      k      		 SPACESPACEmr
      n      		 k
      n      		 r
      a      		 ra Z1
      r      		 bwXr
      r      		 st
      ir      		 xntn
      t y      		 imnttywN33B
      N33B
      N33B      		 A40
      sḥḏ kk(w)t srq.k ḥtm(y)t (j)ꜥr.k m rn.k n(j) rꜥ r bw ẖr(j) wsjr ḫntj-jmntjw
      Brighten the darkness that you might make the Place of Destruction breathe, that you might ascend in your name of Ra to the place where Osiris, Foremost of the Westerners, is.
  3. (by extension) reputation
    • c. 2000 BCE – 1900 BCE, Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor (pHermitage/pPetersburg 1115) lines 158–160:
      aHaa
      n      		 D&d n
      f      		 n&A1 sn
      b t      		 zp
      y      		 n&D z
      nDs      		 A1rprZ1k[[…]]
      iMm&a r
      n      		 A1nfrf
      r      		 mniwt
      t Z1      		 k
      ma
      k      		 Xr
      r&t      		 Y2
      Z2      		 A1pWimk
      ꜥḥꜥ.n ḏd.n.f n.j snb.t(j) zpwj snwj nḏs r pr.k […] jmj rn.j nfr m nwt.k m.k ẖrt.j pw jm.k
      Then he said to me, Safe travels, safe travels, little man, to your house! […] Set my good name in your city. Look, that is what I need from you.
    • c. 1900 BCE, The Instructions of Kagemni (pPrisse/pBN 183) lines 1.12–2.1:
      iMm&a prrD54r
      n      		 kiwgrA2kmrZ1k
      n      		 istA2k
      jmj pr rn.k jw gr.k m r(ꜣ).k njs.t(w).k
      Let your reputation emerge, even as you stay quiet with your mouth when you are summoned.
Inflection
Declension of rn (masculine)
singular rn
dual rnwj
plural rnw
Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of rn  
r
n
rn
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Demotic: rn
    • Akhmimic Coptic: ⲣⲉⲛ (ren), ⲣⲛⲧ⸗ (rnt⸗)
    • Bohairic Coptic: ⲣⲁⲛ (ran), ⲣⲉⲛ- (ren-), ⲣⲉⲛ⸗ (ren⸗)
    • Fayyumic Coptic: ⲗⲉⲛ (len), ⲣⲉⲛ (ren)
    • Lycopolitan Coptic: ⲣⲉⲛ (ren)
    • Old Coptic: ⲣⲉⲛ (ren), ⲣⲁⲛ (ran), ⲣⲓⲛ⸗ (rin⸗), ⲣⲉⲛ⸗ (ren⸗)
    • Coptic Dialect P: ⲣⲓⲛ (rin)
    • Sahidic Coptic: ⲣⲁⲛ (ran), ⲣⲓⲛ (rin), ⲣⲉⲛ- (ren-), ⲣⲛⲧ⸗ (rnt⸗), ⲣⲉⲛⲧ⸗ (rent⸗), ⲣⲓⲛⲧ⸗ (rint⸗), ⲣⲁⲛⲧ⸗ (rant⸗), ⲣⲓⲛ⸗ (rin⸗)
  • → English: ren

Pronunciation

Noun
r
n

 m

  1. young animal
    • Early 6th Dynasty, Tomb of Nyankhnesut, Relief of Men Bringing Desert Animals (Cleveland 1930.734), caption above oryx:[3]
      sx
      p      		 D54t
      r
      n      		 mAHD
      sḫpt rn mꜣ-ḥḏ
      Bringing the young oryx
Inflection
Declension of rn (masculine)
singular rn
dual rnwj
plural rnw

References
  1. Loprieno, Antonio (1995) Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 46
  2. Reisner, George A. (1936) “The Dog which was Honored by the King of Upper and Lower Egypt” in Bulletin of the Museum of Fine Arts, volume XXXIV, number 206, pages 96–99
  3. Berman, Lawrence M., Bohač, Kenneth J. (1999) The Cleveland Museum of Art Catalogue of Egyptian Art, New York: Hudson Hills Press, page 141
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