qjs

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /kis/
  • Conventional anglicization: qis

Etymology 1

Compare qꜣꜥ (“to vomit”), Oromo hooqqisuu, hooqqisiisuu (“to vomit”).

Verb

 3-lit.

1. (intransitive) to vomit [medical papyri and Greco-Roman Period]
2. (transitive, of floodwater) to gush upon (the fields) [Greco-Roman Period]

Inflection

Conjugation of qjs (triliteral / 3-lit. / 3rad.) — base stem: qjs, geminated stem: qjss

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive1	singular	plural
qjs	qjsw, qjs	qjst	qjs	qjs

‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem	periphrastic imperfective2		periphrastic prospective2
qjs	ḥr qjs	m qjs	r qjs

suffix conjugation
aspect / mood	active	passive	contingent
			aspect / mood	active	passive
perfect	qjs.n	qjsw, qjs	consecutive	qjs.jn	active + .tj1, .tw2
		active + .tj1, .tw2
terminative	qjst
perfective3	qjs	active + .tj1, .tw2	obligative1	qjs.ḫr	active + .tj1, .tw2
imperfective	qjs	active + .tj1, .tw2
prospective3	qjs	qjss	potentialis1	qjs.kꜣ	active + .tj1, .tw2
		active + .tj1, .tw2
subjunctive	qjs	active + .tj1, .tw2

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms		participles
	active	passive	active	passive
perfect	qjs.n	active + .tj1, .tw2	—	—
perfective	qjs	active + .tj1, .tw2	qjs	qjs, qjsw5, qjsy5
imperfective	qjs, qjsy, qjsw5	active + .tj1, .tw2	qjs, qjsj6, qjsy6	qjs, qjsw5
prospective	qjs, qjstj7	—	qjstj4, qjst4
Used in Old Egyptian; archaic by Middle Egyptian. Used mostly since Middle Egyptian. 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. Declines using third-person suffix pronouns instead of adjectival endings: masculine .f/.fj, feminine .s/.sj, dual .sn/.snj, plural .sn. Only in the masculine singular. Only in the masculine. Only in the feminine.

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of qjs  

qjs	qjs	qꜣs	qs
			[Greco-Roman Period]

Noun

 m

1. vomit [medical papyri]

Inflection

Declension of qjs (masculine)

singular	qjs
dual	qjswj
plural	qjsw

Alternative forms

See under the verb above.

Etymology 2

Proper noun

  m./f. topo.

1. the city of Cusae in Upper Egypt [since the Middle Kingdom]

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of qjs  

qjsj

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1931) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 5, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 17.4–17.7