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 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 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 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

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