Egyptian [ edit ] Pronunciation [ edit ] 3-lit.
( intransitive ) discreet Usage notes [ edit ] Almost exclusively used in kfꜣ-jb ( “ to be(come) trustworthy; confidant ” ) .
Inflection [ edit ]
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 imperfective 2
periphrastic prospective 2
kfꜣ ḥr kfꜣ m kfꜣ r kfꜣ
suffix conjugation
aspect / mood
active
contingent
aspect / mood
active
perfect
kfꜣ.n consecutive
kfꜣ.jn
terminative
kfꜣt
perfective 3
kfꜣ obligative1
kfꜣ.ḫr
imperfective
kfꜣ
prospective 3
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 , kfꜣw 5 , kfꜣy 5
imperfective
kfꜣ , kfꜣy , kfꜣw 5 kfꜣ , kfꜣj 6 , kfꜣy 6 kfꜣ , kfꜣw 5
prospective
kfꜣ , kfꜣtj 7 kfꜣtj 4 , kfꜣt 4
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 .s .sj .sn .snj .sn
Only in the masculine singular.
Only in the masculine.
Only in the feminine.
Alternative forms [ edit ]
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of kfꜣ
Derived terms [ edit ] m
hindquarters , butt bottom (of jar)Inflection [ edit ]
Declension of kfꜣ (masculine)
3ae inf.
18th Dynasty and later form of of kfj ( “ to expose, to reveal ” ) References [ edit ] Erman, Adolf , Grapow, Hermann (1931 ) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache [1] →ISBN pages 120.10–120.11, 121 Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962 ) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian , Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN page 285 
