wr

See also: WR, ŵr, and -wr

Egyptian

perfective active participle of wrr (“to be great”)

Declension of wr (perfective active participle)

	masculine	feminine
singular	wr	wrt
dual	wrwj	wrtj
plural	wrw	wrwt¹, wrt²
Archaic in Middle Egyptian when modifying a noun. From Middle Egyptian, this feminine singular form was generally used for the plural. In Late Egyptian, the masculine singular form was used with all nouns.

Terms derived from wr

m

one who is important, great
- 12th Dynasty, Stela of Amenemhat, British Museum, Egyptian Antiquities, E567:
  
  ḏd.t(w) n.f jj.w m ḥtp jn wrw nw ꜣbḏw
  May "welcome in peace" be said to him by the great ones of Abydos.
a chief or leader of a (generally foreign) group of people

Declension of wr (masculine)

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of wr

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Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1926-1961) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 326–327.19, 328.15–329.6, 329.15–329.18
Allen, James (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, revised second edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 281
Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, page 54

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“our(e (pron.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 11 May 2018.

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