gs

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English

Noun

gs

1. plural of g

Usage notes

• Opinions vary regarding the use of apostrophes when forming the plurals of letters of the alphabet. New Fowler's Modern English Usage, after noting that the usage has changed, states on page 602 that "after letters an apostrophe is obligatory." The 15th edition of The Chicago Manual of Style states in paragraph 7.16, "To avoid confusion, lowercase letters ... form the plural with an apostrophe and an s". The Oxford Style Manual on page 116 advocates the use of common sense.

Anagrams

• SG, Sg., sg, sg.

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /ɡɛs/
  • Conventional anglicization: ges

Noun

 m

1. half [since the early Old Kingdom]
2. side [since the Pyramid Texts]

Inflection

Alternative forms

Derived terms

• jrj ꜣ r gs
• r gs
• gs-tp

Descendants

• Bohairic Coptic: ϫⲟⲥ (čos)
• Fayyumic Coptic: ϭⲁⲥ (cas)
• Sahidic Coptic: ϭⲟⲥ (cos)

Verb

 2-lit.

1. (transitive) to oil, to anoint

Inflection

References

• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 105, 115, 273.
• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926–1961) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN