sꜣ

See also: šꜣ

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /sɑ/
  • Conventional anglicization: sa

Noun

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1. (anatomy) back
2. the back (of something)

Inflection

Declension of sꜣ (masculine)

singular	sꜣ
dual	sꜣwj
plural	sꜣw

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of sꜣ  

sꜣ	sꜣ

Derived terms

• jmj-sꜣ
• m sꜣ
• r sꜣ
• ḥr sꜣ
• qꜣj sꜣ

 

Romanization

sꜣ

1. Alternative transliteration of zꜣ.

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1930) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 4, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 8.14-10.3
• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 146.
• "sꜣ" at Ancient Egyptian Dictionary (125670)