kfj

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Egyptian

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Verb

k
f		 S28

 3ae inf.

  1. (transitive) to remove clothing or bandages from (a part of the body); to bare, to expose, to uncover
    • c. 1401 BCE, Amduat of Amenhotep II (tomb of Amenhotep II, KV35) First Hour, closing text, line 12:
      k
      f      		 S28an
      k      		 dba
      xtm      		 tA
      N23 Z1      		 A40r
      mn      		 n
      D41      		 f
      kf n.k dbꜥ tꜣ rmn.f
      May the Sealer of the Earth bare his shoulder to you.
  2. (transitive) to reveal, to disclose (something hidden) in general
  3. (transitive) to clear (the sky) of clouds
  4. (transitive) to take off or remove (a piece of clothing)
  5. (transitive, rare) to strip, to plunder, to despoil
  6. (transitive) to open
    Synonyms: wbꜣ, wpj, wn, zn, swn

Inflection

Conjugation of kfj (third weak / 3ae inf. / III. inf.) — base stem: kf, geminated stem: kff
infinitival forms imperative
infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural
kft, kfj
 kfw, kf
 kft, kfwt, kfyt
 kf
 kf, kfy
‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2
kf8, kff8
 ḥr kft, ḥr kfj
 m kft, m kfj
 r kft, r kfj
suffix conjugation
aspect / mood active passive contingent
aspect / mood active passive
perfect kf.n
 kfw, kf, kfy
 consecutive kf.jn
 active + .tj1, .tw2
active + .tj1, .tw2
terminative kft, kfyt
perfective3 kf
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 obligative1 kf.ḫr
 active + .tj1, .tw2
imperfective kf, kfy
 active + .tj1, .tw2
prospective3 kfw, kf, kfy
 kfw, kf, kfy
 potentialis1 kf.kꜣ
 active + .tj1, .tw2
active + .tj1, .tw2
subjunctive kf, kfy
 active + .tj1, .tw2
verbal adjectives
aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles
active passive active passive
perfect kf.n
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 — —
perfective kfw1, kfy, kf
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 kf
 kfy, kf
imperfective kff, kffy, kffw5
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 kff, kffj6, kffy6
 kff, kffw5
prospective kfw1, kfy, kf, kftj7
 — kfwtj1 4, kftj4, kft4
  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.
  8. Third-person masculine statives of this class often have a final -y instead of the expected stative ending.

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of kfj  
k
f		 ApHS28
kfꜣ

Since the 18th Dynasty this word is generally written kfꜣ.

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