Egyptian edit

Egyptian numbers (edit)
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    Cardinal: snwj
    Ordinal: snnw
    Adverbial: zpwj snwj
    Distributive: snwj snwj
    Fractional: gs, rmn

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Noun edit

r
mn
n
D41

 m

  1. shoulder, arm
    1. (often in the dual) shoulder, upper arm [since the Pyramid Texts]
    2. (often in the dual) arm of a person in general, especially when in reference to moving it into a particular configuration
      Synonym:
    3. (in the dual) arms of a balance scale
  2. side, half
    1. side of a place, person, mountain, etc.
      Synonym: gs
    2. one side or half of a body of water [Papyrus Westcar]
    3. row of rowers along one side of a boat, one side of a rowing crew [Papyrus Westcar]
    4. side of beef [Papyrus Westcar]
    5. (in the dual) side rails (uprights) of a ladder

Usage notes edit

Often used in parallel to (hand, arm) with both in the dual, thus rmnwj ꜥwj (arms and hands). In other contexts the two terms may be synonyms.

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D41

 m

  1. a measure of length equivalent to 20 ḏbꜥw (digits), 5 šzpw (palms), or 57 of a mḥ (cubit) (about 37.6 centimetres)
  2. a measure of length equivalent to 12 of a ḫt (rod) or 50 mḥw (cubits) (about 26.25 metres)

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D41

 m

  1. a measure of area equivalent to 12 of a sṯꜣt (aroura) or 50 mḥw-tꜣ (centarouras) (about 0.14 hectares)

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mn
n
D41
D40

 m

  1. (usually in the plural) bearer, carrier, supporter (usually a priest), especially of a sacred object such as a cultic image or chapel [since the Pyramid Texts]
  2. (in the plural) the supports imagined to hold up the sky [Book of the Dead]
  3. (in the plural) pillars, columns [Greco-Roman Period]

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References edit

  • rmn (lemma ID 854523)”, in Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae[1], Corpus issue 17, Web app version 2.01, Tonio Sebastian Richter & Daniel A. Werning by order of the Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften and Hans-Werner Fischer-Elfert & Peter Dils by order of the Sächsische Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig, 2004–15 December 2022
  • rmn (lemma ID 94290)”, in Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae[2], Corpus issue 17, Web app version 2.01, Tonio Sebastian Richter & Daniel A. Werning by order of the Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften and Hans-Werner Fischer-Elfert & Peter Dils by order of the Sächsische Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig, 2004–15 December 2022
  • rmn (lemma ID 94280)”, in Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae[3], Corpus issue 17, Web app version 2.01, Tonio Sebastian Richter & Daniel A. Werning by order of the Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften and Hans-Werner Fischer-Elfert & Peter Dils by order of the Sächsische Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig, 2004–15 December 2022
  • rmn (lemma ID 94300)”, in Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae[4], Corpus issue 17, Web app version 2.01, Tonio Sebastian Richter & Daniel A. Werning by order of the Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften and Hans-Werner Fischer-Elfert & Peter Dils by order of the Sächsische Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig, 2004–15 December 2022
  • rmn (lemma ID 94310)”, in Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae[5], Corpus issue 17, Web app version 2.01, Tonio Sebastian Richter & Daniel A. Werning by order of the Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften and Hans-Werner Fischer-Elfert & Peter Dils by order of the Sächsische Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig, 2004–15 December 2022
  • Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1928) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache[6], volume 2, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 418.1–419.3, 419.19–420.10
  • Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 149
  • James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 125, 389.