r ꜣw

Egyptian

Etymology

r (“to”) +‎ ꜣw (“length”), thus “to the length” or “to one’s length”.

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /ɛr ɑuː/
  • Conventional anglicization: er au

Prepositional phrase

1. whole, entire

Usage notes

When this modifies a noun to mean ‘entire’, ꜣw typically takes a suffix pronoun referring to the modified noun. When used adverbially it generally appears without a suffix pronoun.

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of r ꜣw  

r ꜣw	r ꜣw	r ꜣw	r ꜣwj	r ꜣw
			[Greco-Roman Period]	[Greco-Roman Period]

Synonyms

• r ḏr
• mj qj
• mj qd

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 64, 208, 455.
• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 4.12–4.13
• Lesko, Leonard, Lesko, Barbara (2002) A Dictionary of Late Egyptian, second edition, volume 1, Providence: B.C. Scribe Publications, →ISBN, page 3
• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 1
• Wilson, Penelope (1991) A Lexicographical Study of the Ptolemaic Texts in the Temple of Edfu, Liverpool: University of Liverpool, page 5
• Gardiner, Alan (1957) Egyptian Grammar: Being an Introduction to the Study of Hieroglyphs, third edition, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, § 100, page 79