mḥsḥs

Egyptian

Etymology

m- (noun-forming prefix) +‎ ḥs (“feces”), with the second element in reduplication.

Pronunciation

(reconstructed) IPA^(key): /maˈħasħas/ → /maˈħasħas/ → /məˈħasħəs/ → /məˈħasħəs/

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /mɛhɛshɛs/
- Conventional anglicization: meheshes

Noun

m

(derogatory) a swear word used as a term of abuse for someone; shitter, shithead

Inflection

Declension of mḥsḥs (masculine)

singular	mḥsḥs
dual	mḥsḥswj
plural	mḥsḥsw

References

Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1928) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎, volume 2, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 129.10
Takács, Gábor (2007) Etymological Dictionary of Egyptian, volume 3, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 494–495, →ISBN

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