ꜥrꜥr

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /ɑːrɑːr/
  • Conventional anglicization: arar

Etymology 1

Verb

 4-lit.

1. (transitive, Late Egyptian) to carry out, to execute (tasks and commands)
2. (transitive, Late Egyptian) to produce or procure (an object)
3. (transitive, Late Egyptian) to hire or appoint (people) for some task

Inflection

Conjugation of ꜥrꜥr (quadriliteral / 4-lit. / 4rad.) — base stem: ꜥrꜥr

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive1	singular	plural
ꜥrꜥr	ꜥrꜥrw, ꜥrꜥr	ꜥrꜥrt	ꜥrꜥr	ꜥrꜥr

‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem	periphrastic imperfective2		periphrastic prospective2
ꜥrꜥr	ḥr ꜥrꜥr	m ꜥrꜥr	r ꜥrꜥr

suffix conjugation
aspect / mood	active	passive	contingent
			aspect / mood	active	passive
perfect	ꜥrꜥr.n	ꜥrꜥrw, ꜥrꜥr	consecutive	ꜥrꜥr.jn	active + .tj1, .tw2
		active + .tj1, .tw2
terminative	ꜥrꜥrt
perfective3	ꜥrꜥr	active + .tj1, .tw2	obligative1	ꜥrꜥr.ḫr	active + .tj1, .tw2
imperfective	ꜥrꜥr	active + .tj1, .tw2
prospective3	ꜥrꜥrw, ꜥrꜥr	ꜥrꜥrw, ꜥrꜥr	potentialis1	ꜥrꜥr.kꜣ	active + .tj1, .tw2
		active + .tj1, .tw2
subjunctive	ꜥrꜥr	active + .tj1, .tw2

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms		participles
	active	passive	active	passive
perfect	ꜥrꜥr.n	active + .tj1, .tw2	—	—
perfective	ꜥrꜥr	active + .tj1, .tw2	ꜥrꜥr	ꜥrꜥr, ꜥrꜥrw5, ꜥrꜥry5
imperfective	ꜥrꜥr, ꜥrꜥry, ꜥrꜥrw5	active + .tj1, .tw2	ꜥrꜥr, ꜥrꜥrj6, ꜥrꜥry6	ꜥrꜥr, ꜥrꜥrw5
prospective	ꜥrꜥr, ꜥrꜥrtj7	—	ꜥrꜥrwtj1 4, ꜥrꜥrtj4, ꜥrꜥrt4
Used in Old Egyptian; archaic by Middle Egyptian. Used mostly since Middle Egyptian. Archaic or greatly restricted in usage by Middle Egyptian. The perfect has mostly taken over the functions of the perfective, and the subjunctive and periphrastic prospective have mostly replaced the prospective. Declines using third-person suffix pronouns instead of adjectival endings: masculine .f/.fj, feminine .s/.sj, dual .sn/.snj, plural .sn. Only in the masculine singular. Only in the masculine. Only in the feminine.

Etymology 2

Verb

 4-lit.

1. (transitive or intransitive with r or r sꜣ, of the inundation) to rise up over, to flood (fields) [Greco-Roman Period]

Inflection

Conjugation of ꜥrꜥr (quadriliteral / 4-lit. / 4rad.) — base stem: ꜥrꜥr

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive1	singular	plural
ꜥrꜥr	ꜥrꜥrw, ꜥrꜥr	ꜥrꜥrt	ꜥrꜥr	ꜥrꜥr

‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem	periphrastic imperfective2		periphrastic prospective2
ꜥrꜥr	ḥr ꜥrꜥr	m ꜥrꜥr	r ꜥrꜥr

suffix conjugation
aspect / mood	active	passive	contingent
			aspect / mood	active	passive
perfect	ꜥrꜥr.n	ꜥrꜥrw, ꜥrꜥr	consecutive	ꜥrꜥr.jn	active + .tj1, .tw2
		active + .tj1, .tw2
terminative	ꜥrꜥrt
perfective3	ꜥrꜥr	active + .tj1, .tw2	obligative1	ꜥrꜥr.ḫr	active + .tj1, .tw2
imperfective	ꜥrꜥr	active + .tj1, .tw2
prospective3	ꜥrꜥrw, ꜥrꜥr	ꜥrꜥrw, ꜥrꜥr	potentialis1	ꜥrꜥr.kꜣ	active + .tj1, .tw2
		active + .tj1, .tw2
subjunctive	ꜥrꜥr	active + .tj1, .tw2

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms		participles
	active	passive	active	passive
perfect	ꜥrꜥr.n	active + .tj1, .tw2	—	—
perfective	ꜥrꜥr	active + .tj1, .tw2	ꜥrꜥr	ꜥrꜥr, ꜥrꜥrw5, ꜥrꜥry5
imperfective	ꜥrꜥr, ꜥrꜥry, ꜥrꜥrw5	active + .tj1, .tw2	ꜥrꜥr, ꜥrꜥrj6, ꜥrꜥry6	ꜥrꜥr, ꜥrꜥrw5
prospective	ꜥrꜥr, ꜥrꜥrtj7	—	ꜥrꜥrwtj1 4, ꜥrꜥrtj4, ꜥrꜥrt4
Used in Old Egyptian; archaic by Middle Egyptian. Used mostly since Middle Egyptian. Archaic or greatly restricted in usage by Middle Egyptian. The perfect has mostly taken over the functions of the perfective, and the subjunctive and periphrastic prospective have mostly replaced the prospective. Declines using third-person suffix pronouns instead of adjectival endings: masculine .f/.fj, feminine .s/.sj, dual .sn/.snj, plural .sn. Only in the masculine singular. Only in the masculine. Only in the feminine.

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ꜥrꜥr  

ꜥrꜥr	jꜥrtjꜥrt

Etymology 3

Noun

 m

1. (Late Egyptian) a kind of receptacle, perhaps a kind of basket

Inflection

Declension of ꜥrꜥr (masculine)

singular	ꜥrꜥr
dual	ꜥrꜥrwj
plural	ꜥrꜥrw

Etymology 4

Noun

 m

1. chin [Book of the Dead]

Inflection

Declension of ꜥrꜥr (masculine)

singular	ꜥrꜥr
dual	ꜥrꜥrwj
plural	ꜥrꜥrw

Etymology 5

Noun

 m

1. shrewmouse [Greco-Roman Period]

Inflection

Declension of ꜥrꜥr (masculine)

singular	ꜥrꜥr
dual	ꜥrꜥrwj
plural	ꜥrꜥrw

Descendants

• >? Bohairic Coptic: ⲁⲗⲓⲗ (alil), ⲁⲗⲓⲗⲓ (alili)
• >? Sahidic Coptic: ⲁⲗⲓⲗ (alil)

Etymology 6

Noun

 m

1. (hapax) A term relating to the renovation of divine barques. The meaning of this term is uncertain. [Saite Period]

Inflection

Declension of ꜥrꜥr (masculine)

singular	ꜥrꜥr
dual	ꜥrꜥrwj
plural	ꜥrꜥrw

References

• “ꜥrꜥr (lemma ID 39360)”, “ꜥrꜥr (lemma ID 39370)”, “ꜥrꜥr (lemma ID 39380)”, “ꜥrꜥr (lemma ID 39400)”, “ꜥrꜥr (lemma ID 39410)”, and “ꜥrꜥr (lemma ID 39390)”, in Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae‎^[1], Corpus issue 18, Web app version 2.1.5, Tonio Sebastian Richter & Daniel A. Werning by order of the Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften and Hans-Werner Fischer-Elfert & Peter Dils by order of the Sächsische Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig, 2004–26 July 2023
• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[2], volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 209.15–210.7
• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 45