gs
English
editNoun
editgs
Usage notes
edit- 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 15th edition of The Chicago Manual of Style states in paragraph 7.16, "To avoid confusion, 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
editEgyptian
edit𓏻 2 |
3 → | |
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Cardinal: snwj Ordinal: snnw Adverbial: zpwj snwj Distributive: snwj snwj Fractional: gs, rmn |
Pronunciation
edit- (reconstructed) IPA(key): /kʼas/ → /kʼas/ → /kʼas/ → /kʼas/
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /ɡɛs/
- Conventional anglicization: ges
Noun
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m
Inflection
editAlternative forms
editAlternative hieroglyphic writings of gs
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gs |
Derived terms
editDescendants
editVerb
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2-lit.
- (transitive) to oil, to anoint
Inflection
editConjugation of gs (biliteral / 2-lit. / 2rad.) — base stem: gs, geminated stem: gss
infinitival forms | imperative | |||
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infinitive | negatival complement | complementary infinitive1 | singular | plural |
gs |
gsw, gs |
gst |
gs, j.gs |
gs, j.gs |
‘pseudoverbal’ forms | |||
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stative stem | periphrastic imperfective2 | periphrastic prospective2 | |
gs |
ḥr gs |
m gs |
r gs |
suffix conjugation | |||||
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aspect / mood | active | passive | contingent | ||
aspect / mood | active | passive | |||
perfect | gs.n |
gsw, gs |
consecutive | gs.jn |
active + .tj1, .tw2 |
active + .tj1, .tw2 | |||||
terminative | gst | ||||
perfective3 | gs |
active + .tj1, .tw2 |
obligative1 | gs.ḫr |
active + .tj1, .tw2 |
imperfective | gs, j.gs1 |
active + .tj1, .tw2 | |||
prospective3 | gs |
gss |
potentialis1 | gs.kꜣ |
active + .tj1, .tw2 |
active + .tj1, .tw2 | |||||
subjunctive | gs, j.gs1 |
active + .tj1, .tw2 |
verbal adjectives | ||||
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aspect / mood | relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms | participles | ||
active | passive | active | passive | |
perfect | gs.n |
active + .tj1, .tw2 |
— | — |
perfective | gs |
active + .tj1, .tw2 |
gs |
gss, gssj6, gs2, gsw2 5, gsy2 5 |
imperfective | j.gs1, gs, gsy, gsw5 |
active + .tj1, .tw2 |
j.gs1, j.gsw1 5, gs, gsj6, gsy6 |
gs, gsw5 |
prospective | gs, gstj7 |
— | gstj4, gst4 | |
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References
edit- James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 105, 115, 273.
- Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926–1961) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN