Egyptian[edit]
wall painting circa 1360 BC
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
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- Isis, an important goddess associated with magic and motherhood
c. 1550 BCE – 1295 BCE,
Great Hymn to Osiris (Stela of Amenmose, Louvre C 286) lines 14–15:
- ꜣst ꜣḫt nḏt sn.s ḥḥt sw jwtt b(ꜣ)gg.s pẖrt tꜣ pn m ḥꜣyt nj ḫn.n.s nj gm.tw.s sw
- capable Isis who saved her brother, who sought him without wearying, who circled this land in mourning, not alighting so long as he was not found
- a female given name, Iset or Aset, equivalent to English Isis
Alternative forms[edit]
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ꜣst
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Some authors interpret this name as jst rather than ꜣst. Formerly it was sometimes read as st, but this reading is no longer accepted.
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- → Aramaic: אסי, אס
- Bohairic Coptic: ⲏⲥⲓ (ēsi)
- Sahidic Coptic: ⲏⲥⲉ (ēse)
- → Ancient Greek: Ἶσῐς (Îsis)
- → Meroitic: 𐦥𐦣𐦯 (wos /wusa/)
References[edit]
- Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache[1], volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 20
- Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1930) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache[2], volume 4, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 8.11–8.13
- Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 5
- Ranke, Hermann (1935) Die ägyptischen Personennamen[3], volume 1, Glückstadt: Verlag von J. J. Augustin, page 3.18
