r gs
Egyptian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]r (“regarding, with respect to”) + gs (“side”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /ɛr ɡɛs/
- Conventional anglicization: er ges
Preposition
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- beside
- c. 1900 BCE, The Instructions of Kagemni (pPrisse/pBN 183) lines 1.9–1.10:
- (j)m ꜣtw r jwf r gs skn šzp dj.f n.k
- Don’t raven after meat next to a voracious man; partake when he gives to you.
References
[edit]- James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 342.