srw

Egyptian

FWOTD – 11 April 2013

srw

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /sɛruː/
  • Conventional anglicization: seru

Noun

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1. Egyptian goose (Alopochen aegyptiaca) [Old and Middle Kingdoms]
   • 12th Dynasty, rock tombs at Meir, tomb chapel B4 of Ukhhotep III, inner room, east wall, north of entrance, register 2:

     jw.j ḥr mꜥq ḏr pꜣwt
     nj mꜣ.j mjtj srw pn

     I have been roasting since the beginning of time,
     but I have never seen the like of this goose.

Inflection

Declension of srw (masculine)

singular	srw
dual	srwwj
plural	srww

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of srw  

srw	srw	sr	sr

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1930) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 4, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 191.16