ẖrj

See also: ḥrj and ḫrj

Egyptian

Etymology 1

ẖr (“under”) +‎ -j (“adverbializing suffix”).

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /çɛri/
  • Conventional anglicization: kheri

Adverb

1. under it, under them

Etymology 2

ẖr (“under”) +‎ -j (“nisba ending”).

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /çuˈɾij/ → /çuˈɾij/ → /çəˈɾej/ → /çəˈɾej/

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /çuˈɾij/
• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /çuˈɾij/
• (Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA^(key): /çəˈɾej/
• (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /çəˈɾej/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /çɛri/
  • Conventional anglicization: kheri

Adjective

1. lower, lying under
2. carrying, bearing, having
3. being in (a state or condition)
4. being the place where (someone) is

   ― bw ẖr(j).s ― the place where she is

Inflection

Declension of ẖrj (nisba adjective)

	masculine	feminine
singular	ẖrj	ẖrt
dual	ẖrjwj, ẖrwj	ẖrtj
plural	ẖrjw, ẖrw	ẖrwt1, ẖrt2
Archaic in Middle Egyptian when modifying a noun. From Middle Egyptian, this feminine singular form was generally used for the plural. In Late Egyptian, the masculine singular form was used with all nouns.

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ẖrj  

ẖr

Derived terms

• pr ẖrj
• m ẖrt-hrw
• ẖrj-jw
• ẖrj-ꜥ
• ẖrj-nṯr
• ẖrj-ḥꜣb
• ẖrj-qnj
• ẖrj-tp-nswt
• ẖrwj
• ẖrt-ꜥ

 

Descendants

• Akhmimic Coptic: ⳉⲣⲏⲓ (xrēi)
• Bohairic Coptic: ϧⲣⲏⲓ (xrēi)
• Fayyumic Coptic: ϩⲗⲏⲓ (hlēi)
• Lycopolitan Coptic: ϩⲣⲏⲓ (hrēi), ϩⲣⲏⲉⲓ (hrēei)
• Sahidic Coptic: ϩⲣⲁⲓ (hrai)

References

• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 89, 91–92.