dšr

See also: dsr, DSR, dSr, and ḏsr

Egyptian

Pronunciation

 

• (verb): (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /tʼaˈʃaɾ/ → /tʼaˈɾaʃ/ → /tʼəˈɾaʃ/ → /tʼəˈɾaʃ/

• (verb): (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /tʼaˈʃaɾ/
• (verb): (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /tʼaˈɾaʃ/, with metathesis
• (verb): (Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA^(key): /tʼəˈɾaʃ/
• (verb): (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /tʼəˈɾaʃ/

 

• (adjective): (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ˈtʼaːʃiɾ/ → /ˈtʼaːɾiʃ/ → /ˈtʼaːɾəʃ/ → /ˈtʼoːɾəʃ/

• (adjective): (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈtʼaːʃiɾ/
• (adjective): (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈtʼaːɾiʃ/, with metathesis
• (adjective): (Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈtʼaːɾəʃ/
• (adjective): (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈtʼoːɾəʃ/

 

• (noun): (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ˈtʼuːʃVɾ/ → /ˈtʼuːʃVʔ/ → /ˈtʼuːʃa/ → /ˈtʼeːʃə/

• (noun): (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈtʼuːʃVɾ/
• (noun): (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈtʼuːʃVʔ/
• (noun): (Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈtʼuːʃa/
• (noun): (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈtʼeːʃə/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /dɛʃɛr/
  • Conventional anglicization: desher

Verb

 3-lit.

1. (intransitive) to be(come) red
2. (intransitive, of gods, faces, eyes, and hearts) to be(come) red with fury, to be(come) apoplectic

Inflection

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

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive1	singular	plural
dšr	dšrw, dšr	dšrt	dšr	dšr

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

suffix conjugation
aspect / mood	active	contingent
		aspect / mood	active
perfect	dšr.n	consecutive	dšr.jn
terminative	dšrt
perfective3	dšr	obligative1	dšr.ḫr
imperfective	dšr
prospective3	dšr	potentialis1	dšr.kꜣ
subjunctive	dšr

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms	participles
	active	active	passive
perfect	dšr.n	—	—
perfective	dšr	dšr	dšr, dšrw5, dšry5
imperfective	dšr, dšry, dšrw5	dšr, dšrj6, dšry6	dšr, dšrw5
prospective	dšr, dšrtj7	dšrtj4, dšrt4
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 dšr  

dšr	dšr	dš	dš	dšr	dšr
	[common since the Middle Kingdom]

Derived terms

• pr-dšr
• dšr jb (“angry”)
• dšrw (“anger”)
• dšrw (“blood”)
• dšr ḥr (“angry”)
• dšrt (“anger”)
• dšrt (“the Red Crown”)
• dšrt (“desert”)

 

Descendants

• Bohairic Coptic: ⲑⲣⲟϣ (throš)
• Sahidic Coptic: ⲧⲣⲟϣ (troš)

Adjective

1. perfective active participle of dšr: red

Inflection

Declension of dšr (perfective active participle)

	masculine	feminine
singular	dšr	dšrt
dual	dšrwj	dšrtj
plural	dšrw	dšrwt1, dšrt2
Archaic in Middle Egyptian when modifying a noun. From Middle Egyptian, this feminine singular form was generally used for the plural. In Late Egyptian, the masculine singular form was used with all nouns.

Descendants

• Akhmimic Coptic: ⲧⲱⲣϣ (tōrš)
• Bohairic Coptic: ⲑⲱⲣϣ (thōrš)
• Sahidic Coptic: ⲧⲱⲣϣ (tōrš)

See also

Colors in Egyptian · (jwnw) (layout · text)
basic colors	(ḥḏ)	(km)	(dšr)	(wꜣḏ)
nonbasic colors	(qnjt)	(ḫsbḏ)	(jrtjw)

Noun

 m

1. flamingo

Inflection

Declension of dšr (masculine)

singular	dšr
dual	dšrwj
plural	dšrw

Descendants

• Bohairic Coptic: ⲉⲧⲏϣⲓ (etēši), ⲉⲧⲉϣⲓ (eteši)

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1931) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 5, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 487.9–490.13
• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 316