js

See also: Js, JS, j's, j/s, and J's

English

Noun

js

1. plural of j

Usage notes

• 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.

Phrase

js

1. (text messaging) Acronym of just saying.
2. (text messaging) Abbreviation of just.

Anagrams

• S.J., SJ

Egyptian

Pronunciation

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

Particle

 enclitic

1. used in conjunction with nj (or sometimes nn) to negate nominal sentences, adjectival sentences of possession, and rhemes of emphatic clauses.
2. (inserted after the first word or phrase of a clause, archaic by Middle Egyptian) serves as a complementizer to convert a sentence into a subordinated noun or adverbial clause; that, for

Usage notes

See the notes at nj (“no, not”).

Derived terms

• nj js

Noun

 m

1. Alternative form of jz (“tomb”)

Noun

 m

1. Alternative form of jzr (“tamarisk”)

References

• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 125–126, 141–142, 145–146, 197.