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
Used in Old Egyptian; archaic by Middle Egyptian. Used mostly since Middle Egyptian. 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. Declines using third-person suffix pronouns instead of adjectival endings: masculine .f/.fj, feminine .s/.sj, dual .sn/.snj, plural .sn. Only in the masculine singular. Only in the masculine. 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