r ḏr

See also: rdr, Rdr, rdr., and r:dr

Egyptian

Etymology

r (“to”) +‎ ḏr (“limit”).

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /ɛr d͡ʒɛr/
  • Conventional anglicization: er djer

Prepositional phrase

1. whole, entire
   • c. 2000 BCE – 1900 BCE, Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor (pHermitage/pPetersburg 1115) lines 143–144:

     dwꜣ.tw-nṯr n.k m nwt ḫft ḥr qnbt tꜣ r ḏr.f

     They will thank the god for you in the city in front of the council and the entire land.

2. all the way (to); to the limit (of)

Usage notes

When this modifies a noun to mean ‘entire’, ḏr typically takes a suffix pronoun referring to the modified noun.

Synonyms

• r ꜣw
• mj qj
• mj qd

Derived terms

• nb-r-ḏr
• nbt-r-ḏr

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 64.
• Gardiner, Alan (1957) Egyptian Grammar: Being an Introduction to the Study of Hieroglyphs, third edition, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, § 100, page 79