hrw

See also: ḫrw, ẖrw, and HRW

Egyptian

Pronunciation
 
  • (reconstructed) IPA(key): /ˈhaɾwuw/ → /ˈhaʔwuw/ → /ˈhaʔwə/ → /ˈhaʔw/

Noun
h
r		 whrw

 m

  1. day (period of daylight)
    • Early 6th Dynasty, Tomb of Nyankhnesut, Relief of Agricultural Scenes (Cleveland 1930.736), lower register, caption above farmer with outstretched arms:[2]
      h
      r      		 wra
      H_SPACE      		 nfrp
      hrw nfr p(j)
      “It’s a beautiful day!”
Inflection
Declension of hrw (masculine u-stem)
singular
h
r		 wra

hrw
hárwuw
dual
h
r		 wwy
ra

hrwwj
harúwwaj
plural
h
r		 wra
Z2

hrw
harúww
Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of hrw  
hrw
Z1
hrw
hr
W hrw		 Z1
h
r		 hrw
Z1
hrw hrw hrw hr
[New Kingdom]
abbreviation abbreviation
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Demotic: hrw

Pronunciation

Verb
h
r		 Y1V

 3ae inf.

  1. (intransitive) to be(come) calm, patient, at peace
  2. (intransitive) to be(come) satisfied, at peace, content (+ ḥr: with)
  3. (intransitive) to be(come) happy (+ ḥr: about)
  4. (intransitive, of words and objects) to be(come) pleasant, pleasing
Inflection
Conjugation of hrw (third weak / 3ae inf. / III. inf.) — base stem: hr, geminated stem: hrr
infinitival forms imperative
infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural
hrt, hrj
 hrw, hr
 hrt, hrwt, hryt
 hr
 hr, hry
‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2
hr8, hrr8
 ḥr hrt, ḥr hrj
 m hrt, m hrj
 r hrt, r hrj
suffix conjugation
aspect / mood active contingent
aspect / mood active
perfect hr.n
 consecutive hr.jn
terminative hrt, hryt
perfective3 hr
 obligative1 hr.ḫr
imperfective hr, hry
prospective3 hrw, hr, hry
 potentialis1 hr.kꜣ
subjunctive hr, hry
verbal adjectives
aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles
active active passive
perfect hr.n
 — —
perfective hrw1, hry, hr
 hr
 hry, hr
imperfective hrr, hrry, hrrw5
 hrr, hrrj6, hrry6
 hrr, hrrw5
prospective hrw1, hry, hr, hrtj7
 hrwtj1 4, hrtj4, hrt4
  1. Used in Old Egyptian; archaic by Middle Egyptian.
  2. Used mostly since Middle Egyptian.
  3. Archaic or greatly restricted in usage by Middle Egyptian. The perfect has mostly taken over the functions of the perfective, and the subjunctive and periphrastic prospective have mostly replaced the prospective.
  4. Declines using third-person suffix pronouns instead of adjectival endings: masculine .f/.fj, feminine .s/.sj, dual .sn/.snj, plural .sn.
  5. Only in the masculine singular.
  6. Only in the masculine.
  7. Only in the feminine.
  8. Third-person masculine statives of this class often have a final -y instead of the expected stative ending.
Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of hrw  
h
r
h
r		 y
Y1
hrw hrj
[New Kingdom]
Derived terms
  • hrw-jb
  • hrrt
Descendants
  • Bohairic Coptic: ϩⲉⲣⲓ (heri)
  • Sahidic Coptic: ϩⲣⲣⲉ (hrre)

References
  • “hrw (lemma ID 99060)”, in Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae‎, Corpus issue 17, Web app version 2.01 edition, 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
  • “hru̯ (lemma ID 99050)”, in Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae‎, Corpus issue 17, Web app version 2.01 edition, 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, volume 2, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 496.6–497.20, 498–500.24
  • Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 159
  • James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 107, 183.
  1. Loprieno, Antonio (1995) Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 36, 56, 58
  2. Berman, Lawrence M., Bohač, Kenneth J. (1999) The Cleveland Museum of Art Catalogue of Egyptian Art, New York: Hudson Hills Press, pages 137–138
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