ꜣtf

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /ɑtɛf/
  • Conventional anglicization: atef

Proper noun

 m

1. the Atef, a white feathered crown worn by gods, and particularly by Osiris [since the Middle Kingdom]

Inflection

Declension of ꜣtf (masculine)

singular	ꜣtf
dual	ꜣtfwj
plural	ꜣtfw

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ꜣtf  

ꜣtf	ꜣtf	ꜣtfw	ꜣtfw
[Greco-Roman Period]	[Greco-Roman Period]

Verb

 3-lit.

1. (intransitive) to be crowned with the Atef crown [New Kingdom]
2. (intransitive, transitive) to be provided or equipped (± m: with) [Greco-Roman Period]

Inflection

Conjugation of ꜣtf (triliteral / 3-lit. / 3rad.) — base stem: ꜣtf, geminated stem: ꜣtff

infinitival forms imperative infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural ꜣtf ꜣtfw, ꜣtf ꜣtft ꜣtf ꜣtf ‘pseudoverbal’ forms stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2 ꜣtf ḥr ꜣtf m ꜣtf r ꜣtf suffix conjugation aspect / mood active passive contingent aspect / mood active passive perfect ꜣtf.n ꜣtfw, ꜣtf consecutive ꜣtf.jn active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 terminative ꜣtft perfective3 ꜣtf active + .tj1, .tw2 obligative1 ꜣtf.ḫr active + .tj1, .tw2 imperfective ꜣtf active + .tj1, .tw2 prospective3 ꜣtf ꜣtff potentialis1 ꜣtf.kꜣ active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 subjunctive ꜣtf active + .tj1, .tw2 verbal adjectives aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles active passive active passive perfect ꜣtf.n active + .tj1, .tw2 — — perfective ꜣtf active + .tj1, .tw2 ꜣtf ꜣtf, ꜣtfw5, ꜣtfy5 imperfective ꜣtf, ꜣtfy, ꜣtfw5 active + .tj1, .tw2 ꜣtf, ꜣtfj6, ꜣtfy6 ꜣtf, ꜣtfw5 prospective ꜣtf, ꜣtftj7 — ꜣtftj4, ꜣtft4 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, dual .sn/.snj, plural .sn. 5 Only in the masculine singular. 6 Only in the masculine. 7 Only in the feminine.

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ꜣtf  

ꜣtf	ꜣtf
[Greco-Roman Period]

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 23.2–23.5
• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 6