ršrš

Egyptian

Etymology

Reduplication of rš or ršw.

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /rɛʃrɛʃ/
  • Conventional anglicization: reshresh

Verb

 4-lit.

1. (intransitive) to rejoice (+ m or n: to rejoice over; + r with following infinitive: to be happy to do)
   • 18th Dynasty, Great Hymn to Osiris, Stela of Amenmose (Louvre C 286), line 17:

     psḏt ḥr ršrš jjwj zꜣ wsjr ḥr mn jb mꜣꜥ-ḫrw zꜣ ꜣst jwꜥw wsjr

     The Ennead was rejoicing: Welcome, son of Osiris, Horus, firm of heart and true of voice, son of Isis and heir of Osiris!

Inflection

Conjugation of ršrš (quadriliteral / 4-lit. / 4rad.) — base stem: ršrš

infinitival forms imperative infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural ršrš ršršw, ršrš ršršt ršrš ršrš ‘pseudoverbal’ forms stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2 ršrš ḥr ršrš m ršrš r ršrš suffix conjugation aspect / mood active contingent aspect / mood active perfect ršrš.n consecutive ršrš.jn terminative ršršt perfective3 ršrš obligative1 ršrš.ḫr imperfective ršrš prospective3 ršršw, ršrš potentialis1 ršrš.kꜣ subjunctive ršrš verbal adjectives aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles active active passive perfect ršrš.n — — perfective ršrš ršrš ršrš, ršršw5, ršršy5 imperfective ršrš, ršršy, ršršw5 ršrš, ršršj6, ršršy6 ršrš, ršršw5 prospective ršrš, ršrštj7 ršršwtj1 4, ršrštj4, ršršt4 1 Used in Old Egyptian; archaic by Middle Egyptian. 2 Used mostly since Middle Egyptian. 3 Archaic or greatly restricted in usage by Middle Egyptian. The perfect has mostly taken over the functions of the perfective, and the subjunctive and periphrastic prospective have mostly replaced the prospective. 4 Declines using third-person suffix pronouns instead of adjectival endings: masculine .f/.fj, feminine .s/.sj, dual .sn/.snj, plural .sn. 5 Only in the masculine singular. 6 Only in the masculine. 7 Only in the feminine.

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ršrš  

ršrš

Noun

 m

1. joy

Inflection

Declension of ršrš (masculine)

singular	ršrš
dual	ršršwj
plural	ršršw

Alternative forms

See under the verb above.

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1928) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 2, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 456.1–456.7
• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 153