qꜣs

See also: qs and Qs

Egyptian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Verb


 3-lit.

  1. (transitive) to bind, to tie [since the Pyramid Texts]


    qꜣs.n.j pḏt.jI tied my bow.
Inflection
Conjugation of qꜣs (triliteral / 3-lit. / 3rad.) — base stem: qꜣs, geminated stem: qꜣss
infinitival forms imperative
infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural
qꜣs
qꜣsw, qꜣs
qꜣst
qꜣs
qꜣs
‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2
qꜣs
ḥr qꜣs
m qꜣs
r qꜣs
suffix conjugation
aspect / mood active passive contingent
aspect / mood active passive
perfect qꜣs.n
qꜣsw, qꜣs
consecutive qꜣs.jn
active + .tj1, .tw2
active + .tj1, .tw2
terminative qꜣst
perfective3 qꜣs
active + .tj1, .tw2
obligative1 qꜣs.ḫr
active + .tj1, .tw2
imperfective qꜣs
active + .tj1, .tw2
prospective3 qꜣs
qꜣss
potentialis1 qꜣs.kꜣ
active + .tj1, .tw2
active + .tj1, .tw2
subjunctive qꜣs
active + .tj1, .tw2
verbal adjectives
aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles
active passive active passive
perfect qꜣs.n
active + .tj1, .tw2
perfective qꜣs
active + .tj1, .tw2
qꜣs
qꜣs, qꜣsw5, qꜣsy5
imperfective qꜣs, qꜣsy, qꜣsw5
active + .tj1, .tw2
qꜣs, qꜣsj6, qꜣsy6
qꜣs, qꜣsw5
prospective qꜣs, qꜣstj7
qꜣstj4, qꜣst4

1 Used in Old Egyptian; archaic by Middle Egyptian.
2 Used mostly since Middle Egyptian.
3 Archaic or greatly restricted in usage by Middle Egyptian. The perfect has mostly taken over the functions of the perfective, and the subjunctive and periphrastic prospective have mostly replaced the prospective.
4 Declines using third-person suffix pronouns instead of adjectival endings: masculine .f/.fj, feminine .s/.sj, dual .sn/.snj, plural .sn. 5 Only in the masculine singular.
6 Only in the masculine.
7 Only in the feminine.

Derived terms
  • sqꜣs

Noun

 m

  1. rope ladder [since the Pyramid Texts]
Inflection
Declension of qꜣs (masculine)
singular qꜣs
dual qꜣswj
plural qꜣsw

Etymology 2

Verb

 3-lit.

  1. alternative form of qjs (to vomit)

References

  • Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1931) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache[1], volume 5, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 13
  • Dickson, Paul (2006) Dictionary of Middle Egyptian in Gardiner Classification Order[2]