gꜣš

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (reconstructed Late Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kʼeʃ/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /ɡɑʃ/
  • Conventional anglicization: gash

Noun

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1. (medicine or Late Egyptian) reed, rush [19th Dynasty to Greco-Roman Period]

Inflection

Declension of gꜣš (masculine)

singular	gꜣš
dual	gꜣšwj
plural	gꜣšw

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of gꜣš  

gꜣš	gꜣšj	gꜣšj	gšj	qš
				[Greco-Roman Period]

Descendants

• Demotic: ⁠ (gš)
  • Akhmimic Coptic: ⲕⲉϣ (keš)
  • Bohairic Coptic: ⲕⲁϣ (kaš)
  • Fayyumic Coptic: ⲕⲉϣ (keš)
  • Sahidic Coptic: ⲕⲁϣ (kaš)

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926–1961) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN
• Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN