gs
English edit
Noun edit
gs
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 edit
Egyptian edit
𓏻 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 edit
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m
Inflection edit
Alternative forms edit
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of gs
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gs |
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
Verb edit
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2-lit.
- (transitive) to oil, to anoint
Inflection edit
Conjugation 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