wꜥf

Egyptian

Pronunciation

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

Verb

 3-lit.

1. (transitive) to deflect

Inflection

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

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive1	singular	plural
wꜥf	wꜥfw, wꜥf	wꜥft	wꜥf	wꜥf

‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem	periphrastic imperfective2		periphrastic prospective2
wꜥf	ḥr wꜥf	m wꜥf	r wꜥf

suffix conjugation
aspect / mood	active	passive	contingent
			aspect / mood	active	passive
perfect	wꜥf.n	wꜥfw, wꜥf	consecutive	wꜥf.jn	active + .tj1, .tw2
		active + .tj1, .tw2
terminative	wꜥft
perfective3	wꜥf	active + .tj1, .tw2	obligative1	wꜥf.ḫr	active + .tj1, .tw2
imperfective	wꜥf	active + .tj1, .tw2
prospective3	wꜥf	wꜥff	potentialis1	wꜥf.kꜣ	active + .tj1, .tw2
		active + .tj1, .tw2
subjunctive	wꜥf	active + .tj1, .tw2

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms		participles
	active	passive	active	passive
perfect	wꜥf.n	active + .tj1, .tw2	—	—
perfective	wꜥf	active + .tj1, .tw2	wꜥf	wꜥf, wꜥfw5, wꜥfy5
imperfective	wꜥf, wꜥfy, wꜥfw5	active + .tj1, .tw2	wꜥf, wꜥfj6, wꜥfy6	wꜥf, wꜥfw5
prospective	wꜥf, wꜥftj7	—	wꜥftj4, wꜥft4
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.

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 335.