ꜣtf

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /ɑtɛf/
  • Conventional anglicization: atef

Proper noun

 m

1. the Atef, a white feathered crown worn by gods, and particularly by Osiris [since the Middle Kingdom]

Inflection

Declension of ꜣtf (masculine)

singular	ꜣtf
dual	ꜣtfwj
plural	ꜣtfw

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ꜣtf  

ꜣtf	ꜣtf	ꜣtfw	ꜣtfw
[Greco-Roman Period]	[Greco-Roman Period]

Verb

 3-lit.

1. (intransitive) to be crowned with the Atef crown [New Kingdom]
2. (intransitive, transitive) to be provided or equipped (± m: with) [Greco-Roman Period]

Inflection

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

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive1	singular	plural
ꜣtf	ꜣtfw, ꜣtf	ꜣtft	ꜣtf	ꜣtf

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

suffix conjugation
aspect / mood	active	passive	contingent
			aspect / mood	active	passive
perfect	ꜣtf.n	ꜣtfw, ꜣtf	consecutive	ꜣtf.jn	active + .tj1, .tw2
		active + .tj1, .tw2
terminative	ꜣtft
perfective3	ꜣtf	active + .tj1, .tw2	obligative1	ꜣtf.ḫr	active + .tj1, .tw2
imperfective	ꜣtf	active + .tj1, .tw2
prospective3	ꜣtf	ꜣtff	potentialis1	ꜣtf.kꜣ	active + .tj1, .tw2
		active + .tj1, .tw2
subjunctive	ꜣtf	active + .tj1, .tw2

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms		participles
	active	passive	active	passive
perfect	ꜣtf.n	active + .tj1, .tw2	—	—
perfective	ꜣtf	active + .tj1, .tw2	ꜣtf	ꜣtf, ꜣtfw5, ꜣtfy5
imperfective	ꜣtf, ꜣtfy, ꜣtfw5	active + .tj1, .tw2	ꜣtf, ꜣtfj6, ꜣtfy6	ꜣtf, ꜣtfw5
prospective	ꜣtf, ꜣtftj7	—	ꜣtftj4, ꜣtft4
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, dual .sn/.snj, plural .sn. Only in the masculine singular. Only in the masculine. Only in the feminine.

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ꜣtf  

ꜣtf	ꜣtf
[Greco-Roman Period]

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 23.2–23.5
• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 6