rs

See also: Appendix:Variations of "rs"

English

Noun

rs

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 17th edition of The Chicago Manual of Style states in paragraph 7.15, “To aid comprehension, 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.

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

Inflection

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

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

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

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.

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

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

(chiefly Brazil, Internet slang, text messaging) laughs; lol; haha
Synonym: (Brazil) kkk