wzf

Egyptian

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ˈwaːzaf/ → /ˈwaːsaf/ → /ˈwaːsəf/ → /ˈwoːsəf/

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈwaːzaf/ (infinitive)
• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈwaːsaf/ (infinitive)
• (Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈwaːsəf/ (infinitive)
• (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈwoːsəf/ (infinitive)

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

Verb

 3-lit.

1. (transitive) to neglect, to ignore (an order, oath, etc.), to break (one’s oath or promise)
2. (transitive) to abate, to waive (tax arrears)
3. (intransitive) to be(come) idle, sluggish, neglectful
4. (intransitive, Late Egyptian) to dawdle, to delay

Inflection

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

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive1	singular	plural
wzf	wzfw, wzf	wzft	wzf	wzf

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

suffix conjugation
aspect / mood	active	passive	contingent
			aspect / mood	active	passive
perfect	wzf.n	wzfw, wzf	consecutive	wzf.jn	active + .tj1, .tw2
		active + .tj1, .tw2
terminative	wzft
perfective3	wzf	active + .tj1, .tw2	obligative1	wzf.ḫr	active + .tj1, .tw2
imperfective	wzf	active + .tj1, .tw2
prospective3	wzf	wzff	potentialis1	wzf.kꜣ	active + .tj1, .tw2
		active + .tj1, .tw2
subjunctive	wzf	active + .tj1, .tw2

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms		participles
	active	passive	active	passive
perfect	wzf.n	active + .tj1, .tw2	—	—
perfective	wzf	active + .tj1, .tw2	wzf	wzf, wzfw5, wzfy5
imperfective	wzf, wzfy, wzfw5	active + .tj1, .tw2	wzf, wzfj6, wzfy6	wzf, wzfw5
prospective	wzf, wzftj7	—	wzftj4, wzft4
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.

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of wzf  

wsf	wsf

Derived terms

• wzfw

 

Descendants

• Coptic: ⲟⲩⲱⲥϥ̄ (ouōsf̄)

Noun

 m

1. neglectfulness, dereliction
2. (Late Egyptian) idleness, time off, leave, lack of work for workers

Inflection

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

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive1	singular	plural
wzf	wzfw, wzf	wzft	wzf	wzf

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

suffix conjugation
aspect / mood	active	passive	contingent
			aspect / mood	active	passive
perfect	wzf.n	wzfw, wzf	consecutive	wzf.jn	active + .tj1, .tw2
		active + .tj1, .tw2
terminative	wzft
perfective3	wzf	active + .tj1, .tw2	obligative1	wzf.ḫr	active + .tj1, .tw2
imperfective	wzf	active + .tj1, .tw2
prospective3	wzf	wzff	potentialis1	wzf.kꜣ	active + .tj1, .tw2
		active + .tj1, .tw2
subjunctive	wzf	active + .tj1, .tw2

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms		participles
	active	passive	active	passive
perfect	wzf.n	active + .tj1, .tw2	—	—
perfective	wzf	active + .tj1, .tw2	wzf	wzf, wzfw5, wzfy5
imperfective	wzf, wzfy, wzfw5	active + .tj1, .tw2	wzf, wzfj6, wzfy6	wzf, wzfw5
prospective	wzf, wzftj7	—	wzftj4, wzft4
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.

Alternative forms

See under the verb above.

References

• “wzf (lemma ID 49520)” and “wzf (lemma ID 49530)”, in Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae‎^[1], Corpus issue 18, Web app version 2.1.5, Tonio Sebastian Richter & Daniel A. Werning by order of the Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften and Hans-Werner Fischer-Elfert & Peter Dils by order of the Sächsische Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig, 2004–26 July 2023
• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[2], volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 357.1–357.11
• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 68