sr
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Translingual
    
    Etymology
    
Abbreviation of steradian
Symbol
    
sr
- (SI units) steradian (for measuring solid angles)
- (international standards) ISO 639-1 language code for Serbian.
Abinomn
    
    
Egyptian
    
    Pronunciation
    
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /sɛr/
- Conventional anglicization: ser
 
Verb
    
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2-lit.
- (transitive) to predict, to foretell
- c. 2000 BCE – 1900 BCE, Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor (pHermitage/pPetersburg 1115) lines 30–32:![O34 [z] z](../I/hiero_O34.png.webp) ![D21 [r] r](../I/hiero_D21.png.webp)   ![S29 [s] s](../I/hiero_S29.png.webp) ![N35 [n] n](../I/hiero_N35.png.webp)  ![I10 [D] D](../I/hiero_I10.png.webp) ![D36 [a] a](../I/hiero_D36.png.webp)   ![M18 [ii] ii](../I/hiero_M18.png.webp) ![M17 [i] i](../I/hiero_M17.png.webp) ![X1 [t] t](../I/hiero_X1.png.webp)  ![N35 [n] n](../I/hiero_N35.png.webp) ![N37 [S] S](../I/hiero_N37.png.webp) ![N35 [n] n](../I/hiero_N35.png.webp) ![Z4 [y] y](../I/hiero_Z4.png.webp)    ![L1 [xpr] xpr](../I/hiero_L1.png.webp)  ![I9 [f] f](../I/hiero_I9.png.webp) - sr.sn ḏꜥ nj jjt nšnj nj ḫprt.f
- They could predict a stormwind before it came or a thunderstorm before it happened.
 
 
 
Inflection
    
Conjugation of sr (biliteral / 2-lit. / 2rad.) — base stem: sr, geminated stem: srr
| infinitival forms | imperative | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | negatival complement | complementary infinitive1 | singular | plural | 
| sr | srw, sr | srt | sr, j.sr | sr, j.sr | 
| ‘pseudoverbal’ forms | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| stative stem | periphrastic imperfective2 | periphrastic prospective2 | |
| sr | ḥr sr | m sr | r sr | 
| suffix conjugation | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| aspect / mood | active | passive | contingent | ||
| aspect / mood | active | passive | |||
| perfect | sr.n | srw, sr | consecutive | sr.jn | active + .tj1, .tw2 | 
| active + .tj1, .tw2 | |||||
| terminative | srt | ||||
| perfective3 | sr | active + .tj1, .tw2 | obligative1 | sr.ḫr | active + .tj1, .tw2 | 
| imperfective | sr, j.sr1 | active + .tj1, .tw2 | |||
| prospective3 | sr | srr | potentialis1 | sr.kꜣ | active + .tj1, .tw2 | 
| active + .tj1, .tw2 | |||||
| subjunctive | sr, j.sr1 | active + .tj1, .tw2 | |||
| verbal adjectives | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| aspect / mood | relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms | participles | ||
| active | passive | active | passive | |
| perfect | sr.n | active + .tj1, .tw2 | — | — | 
| perfective | sr | active + .tj1, .tw2 | sr | srr, srrj6, sr2, srw2 5, sry2 5 | 
| imperfective | j.sr1, sr, sry, srw5 | active + .tj1, .tw2 | j.sr1, j.srw1 5, sr, srj6, sry6 | sr, srw5 | 
| prospective | sr, srtj7 | — | srtj4, srt4 | |
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Alternative forms
    
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of sr  
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| sr | sr | 
Presumably based on the descendants, Allen reads this word with an unwritten j as srj.
Descendants
    
- Coptic: ⲥⲓⲣ (sir)
References
    
- James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 180.
- Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 168
- Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1930) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume IV, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 189–191
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