r nḥḥ

Egyptian

Etymology

r (“regarding, in”) +‎ nḥḥ (“(cyclical) eternity”).

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /ɛr nɛhɛh/
  • Conventional anglicization: er neheh

Adverb

1. forever

Descendants

• Demotic: nḥḥ
  • Akhmimic Coptic: ⲁⲛⲏϩⲉ (anēhe)
  • Bohairic Coptic: ⲉⲛⲉϩ (eneh)
  • Fayyumic Coptic: ⲉⲛⲉϩ (eneh)
  • Lycopolitan Coptic: ⲁⲛⲏϩⲉ (anēhe)
  • Sahidic Coptic: ⲉⲛⲉϩ (eneh), ⲉⲛⲉϩⲉ (enehe), ⲉⲛⲏϩⲉ (enēhe)

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1928) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 2, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 301.1–301.6
• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 137
• Gundacker, Roman (2011) “On the Etymology of the Egyptian Crown Name mrsw.t*: An “Irregular” Subgroup of m-Prefix Formations” in Lingua Aegyptia, volume 19, page 53