rꜥ

Demotic

Etymology

From Egyptian (rꜥ, “sun, Ra”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɾeːʕ/

Noun

⁠ m

1. sun
2. (prefixed with pꜣ) the god Ra

Descendants

• Coptic: ⲣⲏ (rē)
  • → English: Re

References

• Erichsen, Wolja (1954) Demotisches Glossar, Copenhagen: Ejnar Munksgaard, page 242

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Egyptian

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ˈɾiːʕuw/ → /ˈɾiːʕuw/ → /ˈɾiːʕəʔ/ → /ˈɾeːʕ/

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

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /rɑː/
  • Conventional anglicization: ra

Noun

 m

1. sun
2. day (period of daylight)

Inflection

Declension of rꜥ (masculine u-stem)

singular	rꜥ
dual	rꜥwj
plural	rꜥw

Derived terms

• rꜥ nb

Proper noun

 m

1. the god Ra (literally “Sun”)

Derived terms

• jmn-rꜥ
• jrt rꜥ
• wꜣḥ-nsyt-mj-rꜥ-m-pt
• pwj-m-rꜥ
• mꜣꜣt-ḥr-nfrw-rꜥ
• mn-ḫpr-rꜥ
• mry-rꜥ
• mryt-rꜥ
• mswt-rꜥ
• nbw-kꜣw-rꜥ
• nfrw-rꜥ
• nfr-nfrw-rꜥ
• nṯrj-kꜣ-rꜥ
• rꜥ-ms
• rꜥ-ms-sw
• rꜥ-ḥr-ꜣḫtj
• rꜥ-ḥtp
• ḫꜥ.f-rꜥ
• ḫpr-kꜣ-rꜥ
• zꜣ-rꜥ
• stp.n-rꜥ
• ḏsr-kꜣ-rꜥ

 

Descendants

• Demotic: ⁠ (rꜥ)
  • Coptic: ⲣⲏ (rē)
    • → English: Re
• → English: Ra