rs

See also: Rs, RS, .rs, r's, RS-, R's, (RS)-, and ␞

English

rs

There is some difference of opinion regarding the use of apostrophes in the pluralization of references to letters as symbols. New Fowler's Modern English Usage, after noting that the usage has changed, states on page 602 that "after letters an apostrophe is obligatory." The 15th edition of The Chicago Manual of Style states in paragraph 7.16, "To avoid confusion, lowercase letters ... form the plural with an apostrophe and an s". The Oxford Style Manual on page 116 advocates the use of common sense.

2-lit.

Conjugation of rs (biliteral / 2-lit. / 2rad.) — base stem: rs, geminated stem: rss

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive¹	singular	plural
rs	rsw, rs	rst	rs, j.rs	rs, j.rs

‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem	periphrastic imperfective²		periphrastic prospective²
rs	ḥr rs	m rs	r rs

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms	participles
aspect / mood	active	active	passive
perfect	rs.n	—	—
perfective	rs	rs	rss, rssj⁶, rs², rsw^{2 5}, rsy^{2 5}
imperfective	j.rs¹, rs, rsy, rsw⁵	j.rs¹, j.rsw^{1 5}, rs, rsj⁶, rsy⁶	rs, rsw⁵
prospective	rs, rstj⁷	rstj⁴, rst⁴
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, plural .sn. Only in the masculine singular. Only in the masculine. Only in the feminine.

James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 360.

Abbreviation of risos (“laughs”).

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