rmn

Šablon:-egy-

**Egyptian brojevi ^(edit)**
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Cardinal: snwj Ordinal: snnw Adverbial: zpwj snwj Distributive: snwj snwj Fractional: gs, rmn

Pronunciation

Šablon:egy-IPA-E

Noun

Šablon:egy-noun

shoulder, arm
1. (often in the dual) shoulder, upper arm [since the Pyramid Texts]
2. (often in the dual) arm of a person in general, especially when in reference to moving it into a particular configuration
  Sinonim: ꜥ
3. (in the dual) arms of a balance scale
side, half
1. side of a place, person, mountain, etc.
  Sinonim: gs
2. one side or half of a body of water [Papyrus Westcar]
3. row of rowers along one side of a boat, one side of a rowing crew [Papyrus Westcar]
4. side of beef [Papyrus Westcar]
5. (in the dual) side rails (uprights) of a ladder

Usage notes

Often used in parallel to ꜥ (“hand, arm”) with both in the dual, thus rmnwj ꜥwj (“arms and hands”). In other contexts the two terms may be synonyms.

Inflection

Šablon:egy-decl-noun

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of rmn

rmn

[Pyramid Texts]

[Old Kingdom]

abbreviation

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of rmn

rmn

[since the Middle Kingdom]

[Middle Kingdom]

[Middle Kingdom and Greco-Roman Period]

abbreviation

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of rmn

rmn

[Second Intermediate Period]

[New Kingdom]

in the sense ‘half of a body of water’

in the sense ‘row of (female) rowers’

in the sense ‘side of beef’

abbreviation

Derived terms

tp rmn

Noun

Šablon:egy-noun

a measure of length equivalent to 20 ḏbꜥw (“digits”), 5 šzpw (“palms”), or ⁵⁄₇ of a mḥ (“cubit”) (about 37.6 centimetres)
a measure of length equivalent to ¹⁄₂ of a ḫt (“rod”) or 50 mḥw (“cubits”) (about 26.25 metres)

Inflection

Šablon:egy-decl-noun

Noun

Šablon:egy-noun

a measure of area equivalent to ¹⁄₂ of a sṯꜣt (“aroura”) or 50 mḥw-tꜣ (“centarouras”) (about 0.14 hectares)

Inflection

Šablon:egy-decl-noun

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of rmn

rmn

[Old Kingdom]

Noun

Šablon:egy-noun

(usually in the plural) bearer, carrier, supporter (usually a priest), especially of a sacred object such as a cultic image or chapel [since the Pyramid Texts]
(in the plural) the supports imagined to hold up the sky [Book of the Dead]
(in the plural) pillars, columns [Greco-Roman Period]