SEYFFARTH—CHAMPOLLION AND RENOUF. 551 
An rtp wt illustrate war oethe tree (Gram. 
Aig., No. ane being called ashe, can have but two sounds, 
y system, nam ely, ash tay Ilabically) and @ 
(serophonically). 2 fou nd, however, that the tree expressed, 
modern Coptic, sometimes a, sometimes e, sometimes 
. or s; therefore, I mentioned in my Grammar, first, ap ori- 
ginal name of the tree (ashe), in order to determine its 0 
- hal syllabic and alphabetic value, and then the Coptic Neher 
Te to the tree in later times, viz., a, e, es, 8. How cor- 
2) fom man. pote)» one nded to-adjectiv ives, e.g P 
pari-tas; zternus, eternitas. The same is the case with h all 
other hieroglyphic fi applied, in my Grammar, to 
opie. vy. Mr. Renouf do? 
. iiothaes contain aid follo Di: “enti tree, owl 
: pst onl mount, arm,—which ig rama Diacriticum 
_ WSadded, pronounce alphabetically. Consequently, the first 
: eres =e ee oe 
salt P OLD mea hg 
otherwise than 
