mḥsḥs

Egyptian

Etymology

m- (noun-forming prefix) +‎ ḥs (“feces”), with the second element in reduplication.

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /maˈħasħas/ → /maˈħasħas/ → /məˈħasħəs/ → /məˈħasħəs/

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /maˈħasħas/
• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /maˈħasħas/
• (Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA^(key): /məˈħasħəs/
• (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /məˈħasħəs/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /mɛhɛshɛs/
  • Conventional anglicization: meheshes

Noun

 m

1. (derogatory) a swear word used as a term of abuse for someone; shitter, shithead

Inflection

Declension of mḥsḥs (masculine)

singular	mḥsḥs
dual	mḥsḥswj
plural	mḥsḥsw

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1928) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 2, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 129.10
• Takács, Gábor (2007) Etymological Dictionary of Egyptian, volume 3, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 494–495, →ISBN