r-pr

Egyptian

Etymology

r(ꜣ) (“mouth”) +‎ pr (“house”).

Pronunciation

Noun


 m

  1. false door
  2. temple
    • c. 1550 BCE – 1295 BCE, Great Hymn to Osiris (Stela of Amenmose, Louvre C 286) line 1:










      j.nḏ ḥr.k wsjr nb nḥḥ nswt nṯr(w) ꜥšꜣ rnw ḏsr ḫprw štꜣ jrw m rw-prw
      Hail to you, Osiris, lord of eternity, king of gods, numerous of names, sacred of developments, secret of rites in temples!

Inflection
Declension of r-pr (masculine)
singular r-pr
dual rwj-prwj
plural rw-prw
Unusually, both components of this word inflect for number. In the plural, the plural sign
is sometimes written only once, at the end of the word.

Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of r-pr  
r-pr

References
  • Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1928) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 2, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 397.6–397.8
  • James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 298.
  • Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, page 70
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