jsw

Egyptian

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ˈjiːsVw/ → /ˈjiːsVw/ → /ˈʔiːsə/ → /ʔiːs/

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈjiːsVw/

  where V represents an unknown short vowel.

• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈjiːsVw/

  where V represents an unknown short vowel.

• (Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈʔiːsə/
• (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /ʔiːs/

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

Particle

 proclitic

1. lo, behold

Descendants

• Demotic: js
  • Coptic: ⲉⲓⲥ (eis, “behold”)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

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

Noun

 m

1. recompense, remuneration [since the Old Kingdom]

Inflection

Declension of jsw (masculine)

singular	jsw
dual	jswwj
plural	jsww

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of jsw  

jsw	jsw
	[Greco-Roman Period]

Derived terms

• jnj r jsw
• rḏj jsw
• rḏj r jsw

 

Descendants

• Akhmimic Coptic: ⲉⲥⲟⲩ (esou)
• Lycopolitan Coptic: ⲉⲥⲟⲩ (esou)
• Sahidic Coptic: ⲁⲥⲟⲩ (asou)

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 131.2–131.10, 131.13
• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 30
• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 193.