Egyptian

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From ꜣm (is grasped) +‎ .s (she, it) or ꜣm (is grasped) +‎ sj (she, it), thus literally ‘it is grasped’.[1]

Noun

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AmssS44

 m

  1. a type of club or mace, the ames-sceptre, used as a weapon by the king and the gods [since the Pyramid Texts]
  2. an epithet of the god Osiris [Greco-Roman Period]
Inflection
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Alternative forms
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Verb

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AmssS44

 3-lit.

  1. (intransitive) to wield the ames-sceptre [Pyramid Texts]
Inflection
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Etymology 2

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Verb

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AmssE5

 3-lit.

  1. (transitive) Only used in ꜣms-jb (to be(come) happy, to be(come) cordial)
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See the forms at ꜣms-jb.

Etymology 3

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Noun

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AmssnDs
Z2

 m

  1. Alternative form of jwms (exaggeration, nonsense)

References

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  1. ^ Gundacker, Roman (2011) “On the Etymology of the Egyptian Crown Name mrsw.t*: An “Irregular” Subgroup of m-Prefix Formations” in Lingua Aegyptia, volume 19, page 38