qs

See also: Qs, q's, and Q's

English

Noun

qs

1. plural of q

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

• SQ, sq, sq.

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Bella Coola

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [qʰs]

Verb

qs

1. to pull

References

• 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

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Egyptian

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /qʼis/, /qʼus/ → /qʼis/, /qʼus/ → /qʼes/

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /qʼis/, /qʼus/ (vowel quality uncertain)
• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /qʼis/, /qʼus/ (vowel quality uncertain)
• (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /qʼes/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /kɛs/
  • Conventional anglicization: qes

Etymology

Compare with Tarifit iɣəss and Hausa ƙàshíi.

Noun

 m

1. bone
   • c. 2323 BCE – 2291 BCE, Pyramid Texts of Teti — west wall of the antechamber, line 51–52, spell 373.1–373.4:

     ḏd-mdw jhj jhj ṯz ṯw ttj pw šzp n.k tp.k jnq n.k qsw.k sꜣq n.k [ꜥ]w[t].k wḫꜣ n.k tꜣ jr j(w)f.k

     Recitation: Oho, oho! Pick yourself up, O Teti: take to you your head, draw together to you your bones, gather to you your [limb]s, shake out the earth from your flesh.

Inflection

Declension of qs (masculine)

singular	qs
dual	qswj
plural	qsw

Descendants

• Bohairic Coptic: ⲕⲁⲥ (kas)
• Sahidic Coptic: ⲕⲁⲥ (kas)