sḫpr

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Egyptian

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Etymology

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s- (causative prefix) +‎ ḫpr (to come into being, to become).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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sxprr

 caus. 3-lit.

  1. (transitive) to bring about
    • c. 2000 BCE – 1900 BCE, Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor (pHermitage/pPetersburg 1115) lines 54–56:
      Sd
      d
      t
      a
      A1U29AZ9
      xt
      sxprr
      n
      A1xtQ7ir
      n
      A1O35
      nDs
      n
      Z9 t
      Q7nnTrZ1
      Z2ss
      šdt.j ḏꜣ sḫpr.n.j ḫt jr.n.j z(b)j-n-sḏt n nṯrw
      I took a fire-stick, I made a fire, and I made a burnt offering to the gods.

Inflection

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References

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  • James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 174.