rs

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

English

Noun

rs

1. plural of r

Usage notes

• Opinions vary regarding the use of apostrophes when forming the plurals of letters of the alphabet. 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.

Anagrams

• SR, Sr, Sr.

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /rɛs/
  • Conventional anglicization: res

Verb

 2-lit.

1. (intransitive) to be(come) awake, to awaken

Inflection

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

suffix conjugation
aspect / mood	active	contingent
		aspect / mood	active
perfect	rs.n	consecutive	rs.jn
terminative	rst
perfective3	rs	obligative1	rs.ḫr
imperfective	rs, j.rs1
prospective3	rs	potentialis1	rs.kꜣ
subjunctive	rs, j.rs1

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms	participles
	active	active	passive
perfect	rs.n	—	—
perfective	rs	rs	rss, rssj6, rs2, rsw2 5, rsy2 5
imperfective	j.rs1, rs, rsy, rsw5	j.rs1, j.rsw1 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, dual .sn/.snj, plural .sn. Only in the masculine singular. Only in the masculine. Only in the feminine.

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

Derived terms

• rn.s-rs
• rswt

Descendants

• Sahidic Coptic: ⲣⲟⲉⲓⲥ (roeis)
• Bohairic Coptic: ⲣⲱⲓⲥ (rōis), ⲣⲱⲥ (rōs)
• Fayyumic Coptic: ⲗⲁⲉⲓⲥ (laeis), ⲗⲁⲓⲥ (lais), ⲣⲁⲓⲥ (rais)
• Lycopolitan Coptic: ⲣⲁⲓⲥ (rais)
• Akhmimic Coptic: ⲣⲁⲉⲓⲥ (raeis)

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 360.
• Coptic Dictionary Online
• Cherix, Pierre. “Cherix, P., 2023, Lexique Copte Sahidique. V.23.1, 131 P.” Academia.Edu, 7 May 2013, pg. 30 www.academia.edu/3481758/CHERIX_P_2023_Lexique_copte_sahidique_V_23_1_131_p.

Finnish

Noun

rs

1. Abbreviation of rasia (“box”).

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• rsrs, rsrsrs (and so on, depending on the supposed length of the laughter)

Etymology

Abbreviation of risos (“laughs”).

Interjection

rs

1. (chiefly Brazil, Internet slang, text messaging) laughs; lol; haha

   Synonym: (Brazil) kkk