r ḏbꜣ

Egyptian

Etymology

r (“regarding”) +‎ ḏbꜣ (“to replace”).

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /jiɾˈcʼaːbaʀ/ → /jiʔˈtʼaːbaʀ/ → /ʔəˈtʼaːbə/ → /ʔəˈtʼoːβ/

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /jiɾˈcʼaːbaʀ/
• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /jiʔˈtʼaːbaʀ/
• (Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA^(key): /ʔəˈtʼaːbə/
• (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /ʔəˈtʼoːβ/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /ɛr d͡ʒɛbɑ/
  • Conventional anglicization: er djeba

Preposition

1. in exchange (for)
2. instead (of)

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 89.