ršw

See also: rsw

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /rɛʃuː/
  • Conventional anglicization: reshu

Verb

 3ae inf.

1. (intransitive) to rejoice

Inflection

Conjugation of ršw (third weak / 3ae inf. / III. inf.) — base stem: rš, geminated stem: ršš

infinitival forms imperative infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural ršt, ršj ršw, rš ršt, ršwt, ršyt rš rš, ršy ‘pseudoverbal’ forms stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2 rš8, ršš8 ḥr ršt, ḥr ršj m ršt, m ršj r ršt, r ršj suffix conjugation aspect / mood active contingent aspect / mood active perfect rš.n consecutive rš.jn terminative ršt, ršyt perfective3 rš obligative1 rš.ḫr imperfective rš, ršy prospective3 ršw, rš, ršy potentialis1 rš.kꜣ subjunctive rš, ršy verbal adjectives aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles active active passive perfect rš.n — — perfective ršw1, ršy, rš rš ršy, rš imperfective ršš, rššy, rššw5 ršš, rššj6, rššy6 ršš, rššw5 prospective ršw1, ršy, rš, rštj7 ršwtj1 4, rštj4, ršt4 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. 8 Third-person masculine statives of this class often have a final -y instead of the expected stative ending.

Derived terms

• ršwt

Related terms

• rš

Descendants

• Akhmimic Coptic: ⲣⲉϣⲉ (reše)
• Bohairic Coptic: ⲣⲁϣⲓ (raši)
• Fayyumic Coptic: ⲗⲉϣⲓ (leši)
• Sahidic Coptic: ⲣⲁϣⲉ (raše)

References

• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 345.