sfsf

Egyptian

Etymology

Apparently a development of earlier ssf.

Pronunciation

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

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 obligative1 sfsf.ḫr active + .tj1, .tw2 imperfective sfsf active + .tj1, .tw2 prospective3 sfsfw, sfsf sfsfw, sfsf potentialis1 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, 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 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^[1], volume 4, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 117.17–117.18