bjf

Egyptian

Pronunciation

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

Verb

 3-lit.

1. to cry [19th Dynasty]

Inflection

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

infinitival forms imperative infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural bjf bjfw, bjf bjft bjf bjf ‘pseudoverbal’ forms stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2 bjf ḥr bjf m bjf r bjf suffix conjugation aspect / mood active passive contingent aspect / mood active passive perfect bjf.n bjfw, bjf consecutive bjf.jn active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 terminative bjft perfective3 bjf active + .tj1, .tw2 obligative1 bjf.ḫr active + .tj1, .tw2 imperfective bjf active + .tj1, .tw2 prospective3 bjf bjff potentialis1 bjf.kꜣ active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 subjunctive bjf active + .tj1, .tw2 verbal adjectives aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles active passive active passive perfect bjf.n active + .tj1, .tw2 — — perfective bjf active + .tj1, .tw2 bjf bjf, bjfw5, bjfy5 imperfective bjf, bjfy, bjfw5 active + .tj1, .tw2 bjf, bjfj6, bjfy6 bjf, bjfw5 prospective bjf, bjftj7 — bjftj4, bjft4 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 bjf  

bf

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 442