r sꜣ

Egyptian

Etymology

r (“regarding”) +‎ sꜣ (“back”).

Pronunciation

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

Preposition

(spatial) behind, following after
(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.

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