srḫ

See also: SRH and srh

Egyptian

From s- (causative prefix) +‎ rḫ (“to know, to learn”). The noun is derived from the verb.

caus. 2-lit.

(transitive) to make known, to show or publicly reveal (something) (+ n: to (someone)) [since the Middle Kingdom]
(transitive) to denounce, to accuse (someone)

Conjugation of srḫ (causative biliteral / caus. 2-lit. / caus. 2rad.) — base stem: srḫ

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive¹	singular	plural
srḫt, srḫ	srḫw, srḫ	srḫt	srḫ	srḫ

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

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms		participles
aspect / mood	active	passive	active	passive
perfect	srḫ.n	active + .tj¹, .tw²	—	—
perfective	srḫ	active + .tj¹, .tw²	srḫ	srḫ, srḫw⁵, srḫy⁵
imperfective	srḫ, srḫy, srḫw⁵	active + .tj¹, .tw²	srḫ, srḫj⁶, srḫy⁶	srḫ, srḫw⁵
prospective	srḫ, srḫtj⁷	—	srḫwtj^{1 4}, srḫtj⁴, srḫt⁴
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 hieroglyphic writings of srḫ

srḫ

m

notoriety, infamy, bad reputation [New Kingdom and 26th Dynasty]
- c. 1900 BCE, The Instructions of Kagemni (pPrisse/pBN 183) lines 1.10–1.11:
  
  jr šww m srḫ n t nj sḫm.n mdt nbt jm.f
  As for one who is free of notoriety regarding bread, no word can take control of him.

Declension of srḫ (masculine)

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of srḫ

srḫ

m

palace façade, particularly as a seat for the Horus-falcon [since the 18th Dynasty]
(by extension) throne

Declension of srḫ (masculine)

Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1930) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎, volume 4, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 199.1–199.8, 200.3–200.14
Faulkner, Raymond (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 236
James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, 189 page 66, 189.

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