sfsf

Egyptian

Etymology

Apparently a development of earlier ssf.

Pronunciation

Verb


 4-lit.

  1. (transitive) to burn to ashes [Greco-Roman Period]

Inflection
Conjugation of sfsf (quadriliteral / 4-lit. / 4rad.) — base stem: sfsf
infinitival forms imperative
infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural
sfsf
 sfsfw, sfsf
 sfsft
 sfsf
 sfsf
‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2
sfsf
 ḥr sfsf
 m sfsf
 r sfsf
suffix conjugation
aspect / mood active passive contingent
aspect / mood active passive
perfect sfsf.n
 sfsfw, sfsf
 consecutive sfsf.jn
 active + .tj1, .tw2
active + .tj1, .tw2
terminative sfsft
perfective3 sfsf
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 obligative sfsf.ḫr
 active + .tj1, .tw2
imperfective sfsf
 active + .tj1, .tw2
prospective3 sfsfw, sfsf
 sfsfw, sfsf
 potentialis sfsf.kꜣ
 active + .tj1, .tw2
active + .tj1, .tw2
subjunctive sfsf
 active + .tj1, .tw2
verbal adjectives
aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles
active passive active passive
perfect sfsf.n
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 — —
perfective sfsf
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 sfsf
 sfsf, sfsfw5, sfsfy5
imperfective sfsf, sfsfy, sfsfw5
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 sfsf, sfsfj6, sfsfy6
 sfsf, sfsfw5
prospective sfsf, sfsftj7
 — sfsfwtj1 4, sfsftj4, sfsft4
  1. Used in Old Egyptian; archaic by Middle Egyptian.
  2. Used mostly since Middle Egyptian.
  3. Archaic or greatly restricted in usage by Middle Egyptian. The perfect has mostly taken over the functions of the perfective, and the subjunctive and periphrastic prospective have mostly replaced the prospective.
  4. Declines using third-person suffix pronouns instead of adjectival endings: masculine .f/.fj, feminine .s/.sj, plural .sn.
  5. Only in the masculine singular.
  6. Only in the masculine.
  7. Only in the feminine.

Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of sfsf  


sfsf sfs

Noun


 m

  1. ashes [Greco-Roman Period]

Alternative forms

See under the verb above.

References
  • Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1930) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 4, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 117.17–117.18
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