ds

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See also: Ds, DS, dS, ds., d's, D's, D.S., D. S., D/s, and ḏs

Translingual

Symbol

ds

  1. (metrology) Symbol for decisecond, an SI unit of time equal to 10−1 seconds.

English

Noun

ds

  1. plural of d

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.

Anagrams

Egyptian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Speculatively, Orel and Stolbova claim a derivation from a form such as Proto-Afroasiatic *dac- (“flint knife”); as with other attempts at reconstructing Proto-Afroasiatic, academic consensus is lacking.

Noun

d
z		 T30
O39

 m

  1. flint
Inflection
Declension of ds (masculine)
singular ds
dual dswj
plural dsw
Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ds  
d
z		 T30
ds

Noun

dsT30

 m

  1. knife
    • c. 1900 BCE, The Instructions of Kagemni (pPrisse/pBN 183) lines 1.2–1.3:
      spdM44Y1dsWT30
      Z2      		 rt
      h      		 rdD54m&a t
      n      		 T14G41nDsD35
      n      		 HHnn
      D54      		 D35isHrZ1z
      p      		 zp
      f
      spd dsw r th-mtn nn ḥn nj js ḥr zp.f
      Sharp are the knives against one who transgresses the path; there is no haste except at its proper time.
Inflection
Declension of ds (masculine)
singular ds
dual dswj
plural dsw
Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ds  
DsT30
ḏs
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Noun

dsW22

 m

  1. jar
  2. a measure of volume used for beer
Inflection
Declension of ds (masculine)
singular ds
dual dswj
plural dsw
Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ds  
d
z		 W22
DsW22
D&z W22
d
z		 y
W22
ds ḏs ḏs dsj

References

  • “ds (lemma ID 180610)”, “ds (lemma ID 180620)”, and “ds (lemma ID 180600)”, in Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae‎, Corpus issue 18, Web app version 2.1.5, Tonio Sebastian Richter & Daniel A. Werning by order of the Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften and Hans-Werner Fischer-Elfert & Peter Dils by order of the Sächsische Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig, 2004–26 July 2023
  • Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1931) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎, volume 5, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 485.3–487.1
  • Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 316
  • James P Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 106.
  • Orel, Vladimir E., Stolbova, Olga V. (1995) Hamito-Semitic Etymological Dictionary: Materials for a Reconstruction (Handbuch der Orientalistik; I.18), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill, page 140

Juǀ'hoan

Pronunciation

Letter

ds (upper case Ds)

  1. A letter of the Juǀ'hoan alphabet, written in the Latin script.
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