bꜣjr

Egyptian

FWOTD – 2 March 2022

Pronunciation

• (reconstructed Late Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈβøʔɾə/
• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /bɑir/
  • Conventional anglicization: bair

Noun

 m

1. (Late Egyptian) baris (a type of flat-bottomed freighter used on the Nile)

Inflection

Declension of bꜣjr (masculine)

singular	bꜣjr
dual	bꜣjrwj
plural	bꜣjrw

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of bꜣjr  

bꜣyr	bꜣjryw
	plural

Descendants

• > Demotic: br (inherited)
  • > Coptic: ⲃⲁⲁⲣⲉ (baare), ⲃⲁⲣⲓ (bari) — Bohairic (inherited)
    • → Ancient Greek: βᾶρις (bâris)
      • → English: baris (learned)
      • → Latin: bāris (see there for further descendants)

Noun

 m

1. a type of Nilotic fish

Inflection

Declension of bꜣjr (masculine)

singular	bꜣjr
dual	bꜣjrwj
plural	bꜣjrw

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of bꜣjr  

bꜣjryw

plural

References

• Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1926–1961), “br (bjr)”, in Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN