sꜣq

Egyptian

Pronunciation

Verb

sAa18AqI5
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 3-lit.

  1. (transitive) to gather or put together [since the Pyramid Texts]
  2. (transitive, of a land) to keep in order or under control [Middle Kingdom]
  3. (transitive) to fold one’s arms [19th Dynasty and Greco-Roman Period]
  4. (transitive, medicine) to contract (one’s pupils or uterus) by means of medicine
  5. (transitive, medicine) to hold in one’s urine

Inflection

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Derived terms

Descendants

  • Demotic: sq
    • Coptic: ⲥⲱⲕ (sōk)

References

  • Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1926-1961) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 4, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 25–26
  • Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 149
  • Vycichl, Werner (1983) Dictionnaire Étymologique de la Langue Copte, Leuven: Peeters, →ISBN, page 186–187
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