js
English
Abbreviation
js
- Abbreviation of javascript.
Noun
js
Usage notes
- There is some difference of opinion regarding the use of apostrophes in the pluralization of references to letters as symbols. 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.
- "J's" is sometimes a term used to refer to the shoes worn by NBA star Michael Jordan.
Anagrams
Egyptian
Pronunciation
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /is/
- Conventional anglicization: is
Particle
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enclitic
- used in conjunction with nj (or sometimes nn) to negate nominal sentences, adjectival sentences of possession, and rhemes of emphatic clauses.
- (inserted after the first word or phrase of a clause, archaic by Middle Egyptian) serves as a complementizer to convert a sentence into a subordinated noun or adverbial clause; that, for
Usage notes
See the notes at nj (“no, not”).
Derived terms
Noun
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m
- Alternative form of jz (“tomb”)
Noun
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m
- Alternative form of jzr (“tamarisk”)
References
- Allen, James (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, revised second edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 125–126, 141–142, 145–146, 197
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