r ꜣbb

Egyptian

Etymology

r (“regarding, according to”) +‎ ꜣbb (active imperfective participle of ꜣbj (“to desire, to want, to be happy”)).

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /ɛr ɑbɛb/
  • Conventional anglicization: er abeb

Adverb

1. (with attached suffix pronoun) at one’s pleasure, at will, as one wishes [since the 19th Dynasty]

Synonyms

• n ꜣbb

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 7.6