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Egyptian
Etymology
zf (“to be(come) mild, merciful”) + -n.
Pronunciation
Verb
3-lit.
- (intransitive) to be(come) gentle or kindly
- (intransitive) to be(come) merciful
- (intransitive) to be(come) happy, to rejoice
Inflection
Conjugation of zfn (triliteral / 3-lit. / 3rad.) — base stem: zfn, geminated stem: zfnn
| 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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zfn
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zfnw, zfn
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zfnt
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zfn
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zfn
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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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zfn
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ḥr zfn
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m zfn
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r zfn
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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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zfn.n
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consecutive
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zfn.jn
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| terminative
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zfnt
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| perfective3
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zfn
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obligative1
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zfn.ḫr
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| imperfective
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zfn
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| prospective3
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zfn
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potentialis1
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zfn.kꜣ
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| subjunctive
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zfn
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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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zfn.n
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—
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—
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| perfective
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zfn
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zfn
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zfn, zfnw5, zfny5
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| imperfective
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zfn, zfny, zfnw5
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zfn, zfnj6, zfny6
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zfn, zfnw5
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| prospective
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zfn, zfntj7
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zfntj4, zfnt4
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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 hieroglyphic writings of zfn
References
- Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1929) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 3, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 443.2–443.11
- Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 224
