r sꜣ

Egyptian

Etymology

r (“regarding”) +‎ sꜣ (“back”).

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /ɛr sɑ/
  • Conventional anglicization: er sa

Preposition

1. (spatial) behind, following after
2. (temporal) after
   • c. 2000 BCE – 1900 BCE, Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor (pHermitage/pPetersburg 1115) lines 179–181:

     mꜣ wj r sꜣ sꜣḥ.j tꜣ r sꜣ mꜣ.j dpt.n.j

     See me after setting foot on land, after seeing what I’ve experienced!

Synonyms

• m sꜣ

References

• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 233.