ꜣs

Egyptian

Pronunciation

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

Verb

 2-lit.

1. (intransitive or reflexive) to rush, make haste, to hurry, (of water) to flow quickly
2. (transitive) to overtake (someone)
3. (transitive) to hurry (someone)

Inflection

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ꜣs  

ꜣs	ꜣs

Derived terms

• ꜣs jb

Descendants

• Demotic: ys
  • Bohairic Coptic: ⲓⲱⲥ (iōs), stative ⲓⲏⲥ (iēs)
  • Fayyumic Coptic: ⲓⲱⲥ (iōs), stative ⲉⲓⲉⲥ (eies)

Adverb

1. (Late Egyptian, often reduplicated) quickly, hurriedly

Alternative forms

See under the verb above.

Noun

 m

1. Alternative form of ꜣjs (“viscera”)

Inflection

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ꜣs  

ꜣs	ꜣs

Verb

1. Alternative form of jꜣs (“to be(come) bald”)

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ꜣs  

ꜣs

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎, volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 20.1–20.8
• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 5
• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 181, 230.
• Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 48