rꜥ-ms-sw

Egyptian

Etymology

From rꜥ (“Ra”) +‎ ms (perfective active participle of msj (“to give birth to”)) +‎ sw (“him”), thus literally ‘Ra is the one who bore him’.

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ɾiːʕəməˈseːsə/ → /ɾaʕməˈseːs/

• (Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA^(key): /ɾiːʕəməˈseːsə/; compare the Akkadian transcription in Middle Babylonian [script needed] (ri-a-ma-še-ša)
• (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /ɾaʕməˈseːs/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /rɑː mɛs suː/
  • Conventional anglicization: ra-mes-su

Proper noun

 m

1. a male given name, Ramesses, Ramses, or Rameses

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of rꜥ-ms-sw  

rꜥ-ms-s	rꜥ-ms-s	rꜥ-ms-sw

Descendants

• → Ancient Greek: Ῥαμέσσης (Rhaméssēs), Ῥαμέστης (Rhaméstēs)
  • → English: Ramesses, Rameses
• → Hebrew: רַעְמְסֵס (Ra'mses)
  • → English: Ramses
  • → French: Ramsès