ssf

Egyptian

3-lit.

Conjugation of ssf (triliteral / 3-lit. / 3rad.) — base stem: ssf, geminated stem: ssff

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive¹	singular	plural
ssf	ssfw, ssf	ssft	ssf	ssf

‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem	periphrastic imperfective²		periphrastic prospective²
ssf	ḥr ssf	m ssf	r ssf

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms		participles
aspect / mood	active	passive	active	passive
perfect	ssf.n	active + .tj¹, .tw²	—	—
perfective	ssf	active + .tj¹, .tw²	ssf	ssf, ssfw⁵, ssfy⁵
imperfective	ssf, ssfy, ssfw⁵	active + .tj¹, .tw²	ssf, ssfj⁶, ssfy⁶	ssf, ssfw⁵
prospective	ssf, ssftj⁷	—	ssftj⁴, ssft⁴
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, plural .sn. Only in the masculine singular. Only in the masculine. Only in the feminine.

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ssf

ssfj

m

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ssf

ssf

[20th Dynasty]

Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1930) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 4, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 276.5–276.15