gꜣš

Egyptian

Pronunciation

(reconstructed Late Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kʼeʃ/
(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /ɡɑʃ/
- Conventional anglicization: gash

Noun

m

(medicine or Late Egyptian) reed, rush [19th Dynasty to Greco-Roman Period]

Inflection

Declension of gꜣš (masculine)

singular	gꜣš
dual	gꜣšwj
plural	gꜣšw

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of gꜣš

gꜣš

gꜣšj

gꜣšj

gšj

qš

[Greco-Roman Period]

Descendants

Demotic: ⁠ (gš)
- Akhmimic Coptic: ⲕⲉϣ (keš)
- Bohairic Coptic: ⲕⲁϣ (kaš)
- Fayyumic Coptic: ⲕⲉϣ (keš)
- Sahidic Coptic: ⲕⲁϣ (kaš)

References

Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926–1961) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN
Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN

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