أس

Meaning

1. foundation, groundwork, basis
2. power, exponent
3. (Classical) remain, relic, trace, vestige, mark left

Concepts

exponent

lion

🦁

console

grieve

lioness

nurse

pacify

power

sad

☹️

basis

be sad

comfort

Translations

leeuw

🦁

λιοντάρι

leão

🦁

expoente

lion

🦁

exponente

Löwe

🦁

aslan

🦁

leone

🦁

exponent

potencia

león

🦁

esponente

Etymology

Related words include Aramaic אוּשָּׁא (ʾūšā, “foundation”) as well as Akkadian 𒀳 (uššu, “foundation”), Akkadian 𒁼 (išdu, “base, foundation, root”), Akkadian 𒆠𒆗 (sassu, “base, floor”), Hebrew יְסוֹד (yəsōḏ, “foundation”), Aramaic אִיסָדָא (ʾĕsāḏā, “thing placed beneath, at the base or bottom; pillow”), Sabaean 𐩱𐩯 (ʾs³, “foundation”), Arabic اِسْت (ist), أَسَاس (ʔasās), سُدَّة (sudda) and وِسَادَة (wisāda, “pillow”). The verb Arabic أَسَّسَ (ʔassasa) and its reflexive Arabic تَأَسَّسَ (taʔassasa) are likely denominals of this noun, itself likely also borrowed wholly or semantically from the Aramaic.
Compare the verbs Arabic شَيَّدَ (šayyada, “to establish firmly, build high”) and Hebrew שָׁת (šāṯ, “to place, lay down, put down”), as well as Arabic شَدَّ (šadda, “to strengthen, make firm, make strong”).