wr

See also: WR, ŵr, and -wr

Abinomn

wr

Declension of wr (perfective active participle)

	masculine	feminine
singular	wr	wrt
dual	wrwj	wrtj
plural	wrw	wrwt¹, wrt²
Archaic in Middle Egyptian when modifying a noun. From Middle Egyptian, this feminine singular form was generally used for the plural. In Late Egyptian, the masculine singular form was used with all nouns.

m

m

one who is important, great
- 12th Dynasty, Stela of Amenemhat, British Museum, Egyptian Antiquities, E567:
  
  ḏd.t(w) n.f jj.w m ḥtp jn wrw nw ꜣbḏw
  May "welcome in peace" be said to him by the great ones of Abydos.
a chief or leader of a (generally foreign) group of people
- c. 1208 B.C.E., Merneptah Stele, line 26:
  
  wrw p(ꜣ)ḫd ḥr ḏd šꜣrm
  The overthrown princes are saying ‘Peace!’ (lit. ‘Shalom!’)

Declension of wr (masculine)

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of wr

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Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎, volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 326–327.19, 328.15–329.6, 329.15–329.18, 330.7–330.11
James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, 72, 95, 281 page 63, 72, 95, 281.
Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, page 54

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