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Egyptian
Pronunciation
Verb
3-lit.
- (intransitive) to be(come) discreet
Usage notes
Almost exclusively used in kfꜣ-jb (“to be(come) trustworthy; confidant”).
Inflection
Conjugation of kfꜣ (triliteral / 3-lit. / 3rad.) — base stem: kfꜣ, geminated stem: kfꜣꜣ
| infinitival forms
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imperative
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| infinitive
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negatival complement
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complementary infinitive1
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singular
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plural
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kfꜣ
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kfꜣw, kfꜣ
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kfꜣt
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kfꜣ
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kfꜣ
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| ‘pseudoverbal’ forms
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| stative stem
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periphrastic imperfective2
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periphrastic prospective2
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kfꜣ
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ḥr kfꜣ
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m kfꜣ
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r kfꜣ
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| suffix conjugation
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| aspect / mood
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active
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contingent
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| aspect / mood
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active
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| perfect
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kfꜣ.n
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consecutive
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kfꜣ.jn
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| terminative
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kfꜣt
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| perfective3
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kfꜣ
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obligative1
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kfꜣ.ḫr
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| imperfective
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kfꜣ
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| prospective3
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kfꜣ
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potentialis1
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kfꜣ.kꜣ
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| subjunctive
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kfꜣ
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| verbal adjectives
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| aspect / mood
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relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms
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participles
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| active
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active
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passive
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| perfect
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kfꜣ.n
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—
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—
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| perfective
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kfꜣ
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kfꜣ
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kfꜣ, kfꜣw5, kfꜣy5
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| imperfective
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kfꜣ, kfꜣy, kfꜣw5
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kfꜣ, kfꜣj6, kfꜣy6
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kfꜣ, kfꜣw5
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| prospective
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kfꜣ, kfꜣtj7
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kfꜣtj4, kfꜣt4
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- 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.
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Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of kfꜣ
Derived terms
Noun
m
- hindquarters, butt
- bottom (of jar)
Inflection
Declension of kfꜣ (masculine)
Verb
3ae inf.
- 18th Dynasty and later form of of kfj (“to expose, to reveal”)
References
- Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1931) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 5, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 120.10–120.11, 121
- Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 285
