kfꜣ

Egyptian

Pronunciation

Verb


 3-lit.

  1. (intransitive) to be(come) discreet

Usage notes

Almost exclusively used in kfꜣ-jb (“to be(come) trustworthy; confidant”).

Inflection
Conjugation of kfꜣ (triliteral / 3-lit. / 3rad.) — base stem: kfꜣ, geminated stem: kfꜣꜣ
infinitival forms imperative
infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural
kfꜣ
 kfꜣw, kfꜣ
 kfꜣt
 kfꜣ
 kfꜣ
‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2
kfꜣ
 ḥr kfꜣ
 m kfꜣ
 r kfꜣ
suffix conjugation
aspect / mood active contingent
aspect / mood active
perfect kfꜣ.n
 consecutive kfꜣ.jn
terminative kfꜣt
perfective3 kfꜣ
 obligative1 kfꜣ.ḫr
imperfective kfꜣ
prospective3 kfꜣ
 potentialis1 kfꜣ.kꜣ
subjunctive kfꜣ
verbal adjectives
aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles
active active passive
perfect kfꜣ.n
 — —
perfective kfꜣ
 kfꜣ
 kfꜣ, kfꜣw5, kfꜣy5
imperfective kfꜣ, kfꜣy, kfꜣw5
 kfꜣ, kfꜣj6, kfꜣy6
 kfꜣ, kfꜣw5
prospective kfꜣ, kfꜣtj7
 kfꜣtj4, kfꜣt4
  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.

Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of kfꜣ  
kfꜣ kfꜣ

Derived terms

Noun

 m

  1. hindquarters, butt
  2. bottom (of jar)

Inflection
Declension of kfꜣ (masculine)
singular kfꜣ
dual kfꜣwj
plural kfꜣw

Verb

 3ae inf.

  1. 18th Dynasty and later form of of kfj (“to expose, to reveal”)

References
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