ꜥ

See also: Ꜥ [U+A724 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER EGYPTOLOGICAL AIN] and ʿ [U+02BF MODIFIER LETTER LEFT HALF RING]

Translingual

Letter

ꜥ (upper case Ꜥ)

1. The lowercase letter ayin, used in most Egyptian transliteration schemes to represent the sound of the hieroglyph .

See also

• ʿ
• ˤ

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Egyptian

Etymology

Possibly related to Proto-Semitic *yad- (“hand”).

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ʕiːj/ → /ʕiːj/ → /ʕeːj/

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /ʕiːj/, or /diːj/ according to the neuere Komparatistik school.
• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /ʕiːj/
• (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /ʕeːj/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /ɑː/
  • Conventional anglicization: a

Noun

 m

1. arm, hand
2. part, portion, region
3. state, condition

Inflection

Declension of ꜥ (masculine)

singular	ꜥ
dual	ꜥwj
plural	ꜥw

Derived terms

• ꜣwj-ꜥ
• ꜣwt-ꜥ
• p.f-ṯꜣw-ꜥwj-bꜣstt
• m-ꜥ
• m wḥm ꜥ
• nḫt-ꜥ
• nt-ꜥ
• ḥꜣtj-ꜥ
• ḥꜣt-ꜥ
• ḥr ꜥ
• ḥr ꜥwj
• ẖrj-ꜥ
• ẖrt-ꜥ
• st-ꜥ
• qꜣ-ꜥ
• tp-ꜥ

 

Descendants

Coptic: ⲏⲓ (ēi) "pair, couple"

Noun

 m

1. deed, record

Inflection

Declension of ꜥ (masculine)

singular	ꜥ
dual	ꜥwj
plural	ꜥw

Noun

 m

1. dyke

Inflection

Declension of ꜥ (masculine)

singular	ꜥ
dual	ꜥwj
plural	ꜥw

Noun

 m

1. wooden staff

Inflection

Declension of ꜥ (masculine)

singular	ꜥ
dual	ꜥwj
plural	ꜥw

References

• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN
• Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, page 97