qꜣs

See also: qs and Qs

Egyptian

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Verb

 3-lit.

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

   ― qꜣs.n.j pḏt.j ― I 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]