pr

See also: Appendix:Variations of "pr"

English

Adjective

pr

  1. Abbreviation of present.

Demotic Egyptian

Etymology

From Egyptian
pr
Z1
(pr, “house”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pʰoːɾ/ (stressed), IPA(key): /pəɾ/ (unstressed)

Noun

pr m

  1. temple
  2. house
  3. palace

Usage notes

This word is almost entirely restricted to compounds. Contrary to earlier Egyptian, the ordinary word for house in Demotic is ꜥ.wy.

Alternative forms

  • pr-2 (pr)

Descendants

  • Sahidic Coptic: ⲡⲉⲣ- (per-), -ⲡⲱⲣ (-pōr)

References

  • Erichsen, Wolja (1954), Demotisches Glossar, Copenhagen: Ejnar Munksgaard, page 132
  • Johnson, Janet (2000), Thus Wrote ꜥOnchsheshonqy: An Introductory Grammar of Demotic‎[1], third edition, Chicago: The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, →ISBN, page 9
  • Černý, Jaroslav (1976), Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 127

Egyptian

Other romanization schemes
Manuel de Codage pr
Gardiner (1927) pr
Erman & Grapow (1926) pr
Lepsius (1874) per

Etymology

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    Pronunciation

     
    • (reconstructed) IPA(key): /ˈpaːɾuw/ → /ˈpaːɾuw/ → /ˈpaːɾə/ → /poːɾ/

    Noun

    pr
    Z1
     m
    1. house
      • c. 2000 BCE – 1900 BCE, Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor (pHermitage/pPetersburg 1115) line 158:
        aHaa
        n        		 D&d n
        f        		 n&A1 sn
        b t        		 zp
        y        		 n&D z
        nDs        		 A1rprZ1k
        ꜥḥꜥ.n ḏd.n.f n.j snb.t(j) zpwj snwj nḏs r pr.k
        Then he said to me, Safe travels, safe travels, little man, to your house!
    2. household, inhabitants of a house collectively
    3. property collectively, possessions, estate
    4. (Late Egyptian) garden or estate as a piece of land
    5. (of the king) palace
    6. (of gods) temple
    7. (of gods) temple property and administration, temple estate
    8. (of the dead) tomb
    9. (usually with qualifying word) building with some other particular use
    10. (rare) nest (of the bꜣybꜣy insect) [Medical Papyri]
    11. case, chest, holder (for ointments, bows, mirrors, etc.)

    Inflection

    Declension of pr (masculine u-stem)
    singular pr
    dual prwj
    plural prw

    Alternative forms

    Alternative hieroglyphic writings of pr  
    pr
    pr

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • Demotic Egyptian: pr (pr)
      • Sahidic Coptic: ⲡⲉⲣ- (per-), -ⲡⲱⲣ (-pōr)

    References

    1. ^ Loprieno, Antonio (1995), Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 12

    Romanian

    Etymology

    Onomatopoeic.

    Interjection

    pr

    1. the sound of an object cracking

    References

    • pr in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

    Spanish

    Preposition

    pr

    1. (text messaging, Internet slang) abbreviation of por
    2. (text messaging, Internet slang) abbreviation of para

    Conjunction

    pr

    1. (text messaging, Internet slang) abbreviation of pero

    Swedish

    Etymology 1

    Borrowed from English PR (“public relations”). First attested in 1959[1]

    Alternative forms

    Noun

    pr c

    1. PR, public relations
    2. (by extention) publicity (resulting from PR or similar activities)
    Derived terms
    • pr-avdelning (“PR department”)
    • pr-bransch (“PR sector”)
    • pr-byrå (“PR agency”)
    • pr-konsult (“PR consult”)

    Etymology 2

    1. alternative spelling of per (“per; by”)
      • 1963, Margit Abenius, Memoarer från det inre, page 130:
        Harry tyckte det var bra sorgligt och det hade man verkligen inte tänkt sig, att den som en gång stått och eldat upp 24 ton kol pr dygn, nu hade kunnat sjunka så djupt att han fick elda med några ved trän.
        Harry thought it was really sad, and no one could have imagined that someone who once shoveled 24 tons of coal per day could sink so low that he had to burn a few logs of wood.
      • 1982, Barbro Alving, Klipp ur nuets historia, pages 146, 176:
        Även på annat märktes också vilken dag det var: kronprinsen kom pr flyg från Sofiero, det blev stockning på telefon och folk stod upp på restaurangerna inför alla sånger av fosterländsk art. […] I måndags morse bröts all järnvägsförbindelse med Trondheim åt alla håll; jämnt 24 timmar har det sedan dess tagit mig att nå svenska gränsen pr bil, lastbil och buss, pr mjölkskjuts efter mobiliseringshästen Johannes, pr vandring med vit parlamentärflagg mellan de tyska och norska eldlinjerna och pr promenad 30 km på järnvägssyllar.
        Even in other ways it was noticeable what day it was: the crown prince came by plane from Sofiero, there was a jam on the phones, and people stood up in restaurants for all the patriotic songs. […] On Monday morning, all rail connections with Trondheim were cut off in all directions; it has since then taken me exactly 24 hours to reach the Swedish border by car, truck, and bus, by milk cart with the mobilization horse Johannes, by walking with a white parliamentary flag between the German and Norwegian front lines, and by walking 30 km on railway ties.
    2. alternative letter-case form of PR (“poste restante”).

    References

    1. ^ “pr”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
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