šfj

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /ʃɛfi/
  • Conventional anglicization: shefi

Verb

 3ae inf.

1. (transitive) to respect

Inflection

Conjugation of šfj (third weak / 3ae inf. / III. inf.) — base stem: šf, geminated stem: šff

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive1	singular	plural
šft, šfj	šfw, šf	šft, šfwt, šfyt	šf	šf, šfy

‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem	periphrastic imperfective2		periphrastic prospective2
šf8, šff8	ḥr šft, ḥr šfj	m šft, m šfj	r šft, r šfj

suffix conjugation
aspect / mood	active	passive	contingent
			aspect / mood	active	passive
perfect	šf.n	šfw, šf, šfy	consecutive	šf.jn	active + .tj1, .tw2
		active + .tj1, .tw2
terminative	šft, šfyt
perfective3	šf	active + .tj1, .tw2	obligative1	šf.ḫr	active + .tj1, .tw2
imperfective	šf, šfy	active + .tj1, .tw2
prospective3	šfw, šf, šfy	šfw, šf, šfy	potentialis1	šf.kꜣ	active + .tj1, .tw2
		active + .tj1, .tw2
subjunctive	šf, šfy	active + .tj1, .tw2

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms		participles
	active	passive	active	passive
perfect	šf.n	active + .tj1, .tw2	—	—
perfective	šfw1, šfy, šf	active + .tj1, .tw2	šf	šfy, šf
imperfective	šff, šffy, šffw5	active + .tj1, .tw2	šff, šffj6, šffy6	šff, šffw5
prospective	šfw1, šfy, šf, šftj7	—	šfwtj1 4, šftj4, šft4
Used in Old Egyptian; archaic by Middle Egyptian. Used mostly since Middle Egyptian. 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. Declines using third-person suffix pronouns instead of adjectival endings: masculine .f/.fj, feminine .s/.sj, dual .sn/.snj, plural .sn. Only in the masculine singular. Only in the masculine. Only in the feminine. Third-person masculine statives of this class often have a final -y instead of the expected stative ending.

Derived terms

• šfyt

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 132.