qꜣ sꜣ

Egyptian
FWOTD – 3 December 2012

Etymology

From qꜣ (“high”) +‎ sꜣ (“back”), thus literally ‘high of back’.

Pronunciation
 
  • (reconstructed) IPA(key): /qʼaʀ saʀ/ → /qʼaʀ saʀ/ → /qʼaj saj/

Adjective
  1. (idiomatic) proud, haughty

Inflection
Declension of qꜣ sꜣ
masculine feminine
singular qꜣ sꜣ
 qꜣt sꜣ
dual qꜣwj sꜣ
 qꜣtj sꜣ
plural qꜣw sꜣ
 qꜣwt sꜣ1, qꜣt sꜣ2
  1. Archaic in Middle Egyptian when modifying a noun.
  2. From Middle Egyptian, this feminine singular form was generally used for the plural.
    In Late Egyptian, the masculine singular form was used with all nouns.

References
  • James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, 378 page 132, 378.
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