rḫs

See also: RHS

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /rɛxɛs/
  • Conventional anglicization: rekhes

Verb

 3-lit.

1. (transitive) to butcher, to slaughter

Inflection

Conjugation of rḫs (triliteral / 3-lit. / 3rad.) — base stem: rḫs, geminated stem: rḫss

infinitival forms imperative infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural rḫs rḫsw, rḫs rḫst rḫs rḫs ‘pseudoverbal’ forms stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2 rḫs ḥr rḫs m rḫs r rḫs suffix conjugation aspect / mood active passive contingent aspect / mood active passive perfect rḫs.n rḫsw, rḫs consecutive rḫs.jn active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 terminative rḫst perfective3 rḫs active + .tj1, .tw2 obligative1 rḫs.ḫr active + .tj1, .tw2 imperfective rḫs active + .tj1, .tw2 prospective3 rḫs rḫss potentialis1 rḫs.kꜣ active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 subjunctive rḫs active + .tj1, .tw2 verbal adjectives aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles active passive active passive perfect rḫs.n active + .tj1, .tw2 — — perfective rḫs active + .tj1, .tw2 rḫs rḫs, rḫsw5, rḫsy5 imperfective rḫs, rḫsy, rḫsw5 active + .tj1, .tw2 rḫs, rḫsj6, rḫsy6 rḫs, rḫsw5 prospective rḫs, rḫstj7 — rḫstj4, rḫst4 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.

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 150.