msḏr

See also: msDr

Egyptian

Etymology

From m- (noun-forming prefix) +‎ sḏr (“to lie down”).

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ˈmiscʼiɾ/ → /ˈmist͡ʃʼiʔ/ → /ˈmest͡ʃʼəʕ/ → /ˈmest͡ʃʼəʕ/

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈmiscʼiɾ/
• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈmist͡ʃʼiʔ/
• (Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈmest͡ʃʼəʕ/, with irregular development into /ʕ/, attested since the New Kingdom; see Peust, Carsten (1999) Egyptian Phonology: An Introduction to the Phonology of a Dead Language‎^[1], Göttingen: Peust und Gutschmidt Verlag GbR, pages 105–106.
• (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈmest͡ʃʼəʕ/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /mɛsd͡ʒɛr/
  • Conventional anglicization: mesdjer

Noun

 m

1. ear

Inflection

Declension of msḏr (masculine)

singular	msḏr
dual	msḏrwj
plural	msḏrw

In Late Egyptian, this word is sometimes feminine, in which case it declines thus:

Declension of msḏr (feminine)

singular	msḏrt
dual	msḏrtj
plural	msḏrwt

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of msḏr  

msḏr	msḏr	msḏr	msḏ	msḏr	msḏrt

Descendants

• Demotic: msḏr, msḏꜥ
  • Coptic: ⲙⲁⲁϫⲉ (maače) (Sahidic), ⲙⲁϣϫ (mašč) (Bohairic), ⲙⲉϫⲉ (meče) (Fayyumic, Oxyrhynchite), ⲙⲉⲉϫⲉ (meeče) (Fayyumic), ⲙⲁϣⲧⲁ (mašta) (Dialect P)

References

• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 48.
• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926–1961) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN
• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN