kfj
Egyptian
Pronunciation
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /kɛfi/
- Conventional anglicization: kefi
Verb
3ae inf.
- (transitive) to remove clothing or bandages from (a part of the body); to bare, to expose, to uncover [since the Pyramid Texts]
- (transitive) to reveal, to disclose (something hidden) in general [since the Pyramid Texts]
- (transitive) to clear (the sky) of clouds [since the First Intermediate Period]
- (transitive) to take off or remove (a piece of clothing)
- (transitive, rare) to strip, to plunder, to despoil [Middle Kingdom]
- (transitive) to open [Greco-Roman Period]
- 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 | |||
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infinitive | negatival complement | complementary infinitive1 | singular | plural |
kft, kfj | kfw, kf | kft, kfwt, kfyt | kf | kf, kfy |
‘pseudoverbal’ forms | |||
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stative stem | periphrastic imperfective2 | periphrastic prospective2 | |
kf8, kff8 | ḥr kft, ḥr kfj | m kft, m kfj | r kft, r kfj |
suffix conjugation | |||||
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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 | ||||
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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 | |
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Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of kfj
kfꜣ | |||||
[since the 18th Dynasty] |
Since the 18th Dynasty this word is generally written kfꜣ.
References
- Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1931) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 5, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 119.4–119.19, 120.2–120.3, 121.1, 121
- Faulkner, Raymond (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 285