prj

Egyptian

Etymology 1

Possibly from Proto-Afroasiatic *par-/*pir- (“to go out”).

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ˈpiːɾit/ → /ˈpiːɾiʔ/ → /ˈpiːɾaʔ/ → /ˈpiːɾə/

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

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /pɛri/
  • Conventional anglicization: peri

Verb

 3ae inf.

1. (intransitive) to emerge, to come forth, to go forth (+ m: from; + ḥr: through)
   • c. 1900 BCE, The Instructions of Kagemni (pPrisse/pBN 183) lines 1.12–2.1:

     jmj pr rn.k jw gr.k m r(ꜣ).k njs.t(w).k

     Let your reputation emerge, even as you stay quiet with your mouth when you are summoned.

   • c. 1550 BCE – 1295 BCE, Great Hymn to Osiris (Stela of Amenmose, Louvre C 286) lines 18–19:

     pr.n.f mḏḥ.w m wḏ n(j) gbb šzp.n.f ḥqꜣt jdbwj wrrt mn.tj m tp.f

     He came forth wreathed at the command of Geb, having received the rulership of the Two Riverbanks (Egypt), the White Crown fixed upon his head.

2. (intransitive) to ascend, to go up (+ r: to)
   • c. 2289 BCE – 2255 BCE, Pyramid Texts of Pepi I — west wall of the antechamber, line 22–23, spell 474.4–474.5:

     pr.f r.f jr pt mm sbꜣw mm j.ḫmw-skj ꜣt ppy tp.f šꜥt.f r gswj.f ḥkꜣw.f jr rd[wj.f]

     So he goes forth to the sky among the stars, among the circumpolar stars, with Pepi’s striking-power atop him, his viciousness at his sides, and his magic at his feet.

Inflection

Conjugation of prj (third weak / 3ae inf. / III. inf.) — base stem: pr, geminated stem: prr

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive1	singular	plural
prt, prj	prw, pr	prt, prwt, pryt	pr	pr, pry

‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem	periphrastic imperfective2		periphrastic prospective2
pr8, prr8	ḥr prt, ḥr prj	m prt, m prj	r prt, r prj

suffix conjugation
aspect / mood	active	contingent
		aspect / mood	active
perfect	pr.n	consecutive	pr.jn
terminative	prt, pryt
perfective3	pr	obligative1	pr.ḫr
imperfective	pr, pry
prospective3	prw, pr, pry	potentialis1	pr.kꜣ
subjunctive	pr, pry

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms	participles
	active	active	passive
perfect	pr.n	—	—
perfective	prw1, pry, pr	pr	pry, pr
imperfective	prr, prry, prrw5	prr, prrj6, prry6	prr, prrw5
prospective	prw1, pry, pr, prtj7	prwtj1 4, prtj4, prt4
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. Third-person masculine statives of this class often have a final -y instead of the expected stative ending.

Derived terms

• prj ẖr
• pr-m-ws
• pr-snt
• prt
• prt-ḫrw
• rw nw prt m hrw
• stẖ-pr-jb.sn

 

Descendants

• Bohairic Coptic: ⲫⲓⲣⲓ (phiri)
• Sahidic Coptic: ⲡⲉⲓⲣⲉ (peire)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /pɛri/
  • Conventional anglicization: peri

Noun

 m

1. battlefield

Inflection

Declension of prj (masculine)

singular	prj
dual	prjwj
plural	prjw

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of prj  

prj

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 145.
• Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, page 70
• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926–1961) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN