hrw

See also: ḫrw and ẖrw

Egyptian

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ˈhaɾwuw/ → /ˈhaʔwuw/ → /ˈhaʔw/

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈhaɾwuw/ (singular); IPA^(key): /haˈɾuww/ (plural)
• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈhaʔwuw/ (singular); IPA^(key): /haˈɾuww/ (plural)
• (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈhaʔw/ (singular); IPA^(key): /həˈɾøww/ (plural)

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /hɛruː/
  • Conventional anglicization: heru

Noun

 m

1. day (period of daylight)
   • Early 6th Dynasty, Relief of Agricultural Scenes (Cleveland 1930.736), lower register, caption above farmer with outstretched arms:

     hrw nfr p(j)

     “It’s a beautiful day!”

Inflection

Declension of hrw (masculine u-stem)

singular	hrw hárw(uw)
dual	hrwwj harúwwVj
plural	hrw harúw(w)

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of hrw  

hrw	hrw

Derived terms

• m ẖrt-hrw
• hrw-ḥꜣb
• rw nw prt m hrw

Descendants

• Demotic: hrw
  • Coptic: ϩⲟⲟⲩ (hoou) (Sahidic, Fayyumic), ⲉϩⲟⲟⲩ (ehoou) (Bohairic)

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 107, 183.