rd

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See also: RD, rd., -rd, Rd., R&D, and R & D

English

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rd

  1. Abbreviation of road.
  2. Abbreviation of rad (unit of measure).
  3. (knitting, firearms) Abbreviation of round.

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Egyptian

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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r
d
rd

 m

  1. foot, leg
    • c. 2000 BCE – 1900 BCE, Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor (pHermitage/pPetersburg 1115) lines 45–46:
      aHaa
      n
      dwn
      n
      D54
      n
      A1r
      d
      rdrdA1r
      r
      x
      Y2
      a
      t
      A1mrZ1A1
      ꜥḥꜥ.n dwn.n.j rdwj.j r rḫ djt.j m r(ꜣ).j
      Then I stretched out my legs to learn what I might put in my mouth.
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  • Demotic: rt

Etymology 2

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r
d
M30

 m

  1. bud, shoot
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Verb

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r
d
M30

 2-lit.

  1. (intransitive) to grow
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References

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  1. ^ Loprieno, Antonio (1995) Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 58