primary consonants of the Egyptian

Along these lines, hieroglyphic composing speaking to a pintail duck is perused in Egyptian as sꜣ, got from the primary consonants of the Egyptian word for this duck: 's', 'ꜣ' and 't'. (Note that ꜣ or Egyptian 3 symbol.png, two half-rings opening to one side, now and again supplanted by the digit '3', is the Egyptian alef.) ----

---- It is likewise conceivable to utilize the symbolic representation of the pintail duck without a connection to its importance to speak to the two phonemes s and ꜣ, freely of any vowels that could go with these consonants, and in this way compose the word: sꜣ, "child"; or when supplemented by different signs point by point below[clarification needed] sꜣ, "keep, watch"; and sꜣṯ.w, "hard ground". For instance: