bjf

Egyptian

Pronunciation

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

Verb

 3-lit.

1. to cry [19th Dynasty]

Inflection

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

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive1	singular	plural
bjf	bjfw, bjf	bjft	bjf	bjf

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

suffix conjugation
aspect / mood	active	passive	contingent
			aspect / mood	active	passive
perfect	bjf.n	bjfw, bjf	consecutive	bjf.jn	active + .tj1, .tw2
		active + .tj1, .tw2
terminative	bjft
perfective3	bjf	active + .tj1, .tw2	obligative1	bjf.ḫr	active + .tj1, .tw2
imperfective	bjf	active + .tj1, .tw2
prospective3	bjf	bjff	potentialis1	bjf.kꜣ	active + .tj1, .tw2
		active + .tj1, .tw2
subjunctive	bjf	active + .tj1, .tw2

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms		participles
	active	passive	active	passive
perfect	bjf.n	active + .tj1, .tw2	—	—
perfective	bjf	active + .tj1, .tw2	bjf	bjf, bjfw5, bjfy5
imperfective	bjf, bjfy, bjfw5	active + .tj1, .tw2	bjf, bjfj6, bjfy6	bjf, bjfw5
prospective	bjf, bjftj7	—	bjftj4, bjft4
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 bjf  

bf

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 442