rn

See also: Rn and RN

English

Adverb

rn (not comparable)

  1. (Internet slang) Alternative form of RN (“right now”)

Anagrams

Egyptian

Etymology 1

Pronunciation
 

Noun

 m

  1. name
    • Early Middle Kingdom, Stela of Inher-hotep, Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum, ÄS 90:











      […] 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 […]
  2. (by extension) identity
  3. (by extension) reputation
Inflection
Declension of rn (masculine)
singular rn
dual rnwj
plural rnw
Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of rn  
rn
Derived terms
Descendants

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

 m

  1. young animal
    • Early 6th Dynasty, Relief of Men Bringing Desert Animals (Cleveland 1930.734), caption above oryx:[2]


      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 0-521-44384-9, page 46
  2. 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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