ꜣfj
Egyptian
Pronunciation
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /ɑfi/
- Conventional anglicization: afi
Verb
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3ae inf.
- (intransitive) to gorge oneself, to be greedy [Coffin Texts to Late Period]
Inflection
Conjugation of ꜣfj (third weak / 3ae inf. / III. inf.) — base stem: ꜣf, geminated stem: ꜣff
infinitival forms | imperative | |||
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infinitive | negatival complement | complementary infinitive1 | singular | plural |
ꜣft, ꜣfj | ꜣfw, ꜣf | ꜣft, ꜣfwt, ꜣfyt | ꜣf | ꜣf, ꜣfy |
‘pseudoverbal’ forms | |||
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stative stem | periphrastic imperfective2 | periphrastic prospective2 | |
ꜣf8, ꜣff8 | ḥr ꜣft, ḥr ꜣfj | m ꜣft, m ꜣfj | r ꜣft, r ꜣfj |
suffix conjugation | |||
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aspect / mood | active | contingent | |
aspect / mood | active | ||
perfect | ꜣf.n | consecutive | ꜣf.jn |
terminative | ꜣft, ꜣfyt | ||
perfective3 | ꜣf | obligative | ꜣf.ḫr |
imperfective | ꜣf, ꜣfy | ||
prospective3 | ꜣfw, ꜣf, ꜣfy | potentialis | ꜣf.kꜣ |
subjunctive | ꜣf, ꜣfy |
verbal adjectives | |||
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aspect / mood | relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms | participles | |
active | active | passive | |
perfect | ꜣf.n | — | — |
perfective | ꜣfw1, ꜣfy, ꜣf | ꜣf | ꜣfy, ꜣf |
imperfective | ꜣff, ꜣffy, ꜣffw5 | ꜣff, ꜣffj6, ꜣffy6 | ꜣff, ꜣffw5 |
prospective | ꜣfw1, ꜣfy, ꜣf, ꜣftj7 | ꜣfwtj1 4, ꜣftj4, ꜣft4 | |
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Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ꜣfj
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ꜣꜥfj | ꜥfj | ꜥꜣfj | ||||||||||||||
[20th Dynasty] | [21th Dynasty] | [c. 21st Dynasty] | ||||||||||||||
from the Instruction of Amenemope | from Papyrus Sallier I | from the Instruction of Ani |
Related terms
- ꜣfꜣf
- ꜣfꜥ
Descendants
- Demotic: ꜥfꜥ
- Coptic: ⲁϥ (af) in ⲁϥ-ϫⲓⲣ (af-jir)
References
- Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 3, 182.12
- Lesko, Leonard; Lesko, Barbara (2002) A Dictionary of Late Egyptian, volume 1, second edition, Providence: B.C. Scribe Publications, →ISBN, page 65
- Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 17
- Borghouts, J. F. and van der Plas, Dirk (1998) Coffin Texts Word Index, Utrecht and Paris, p. 2