r ḏbꜣ

Egyptian

Etymology

r (“regarding”) +‎ ḏbꜣ (“to replace”).

Pronunciation

(reconstructed) IPA^(key): /jaɾˈcʼaːbaʀ/ → /jaʔˈtʼaːbaʀ/ → /ʔəʔˈtʼaːbəʔ/ → /ʔəˈtʼoːβ/

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /ɛr d͡ʒɛbɑ/
- Conventional anglicization: er djeba

Preposition

in exchange (for)
instead (of)

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 89.

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