See also: TF, Tf, and .tf

Translingual

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tf

  1. (General Alphabet of Cameroon Languages) a voiceless dental affricate (IPA []).

English

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Phrase

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tf

  1. (Internet slang, text messaging, vulgar) Initialism of the fuck.
    Alternative form: TF
    tf is that?

Anagrams

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Egyptian

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Etymology 1

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Pronunciation

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Determiner

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t
f

 f sg distal demonstrative determiner

  1. that
Usage notes
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This demonstrative was originally a determiner but could later be used alone, like a pronoun. When used as a determiner it follows or precedes the noun it describes.

It forms a contrastive pair with the demonstrative tn, in which tf is distal.

Inflection
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Old Egyptian demonstratives
determiners pronouns1 adverbs
singular dual plural unmarked
masculine feminine masculine feminine masculine feminine
proximal to speaker pn
tn
*jpnj
jptnj, jptntj
jpn
jptn
nn

distal pf
tf
*jpfj
*jptfj, *jptftj
jpf
jptf
nf

proximal to spoken of pj, pw, p
tj, tw
jpwj
jptwj, jptwtj
jpw
jptw, jptwt
nw

vocative pꜣ
tꜣ




nꜣ
ꜥꜣ

1 Unmarked for number and gender, but treated syntactically as masculine plurals when used with participles and relative forms, and as feminine singulars when referred to by resumptive pronouns.

Middle Egyptian demonstratives
determiners and pronouns adverbs
singular plural1
masculine feminine
proximal pn
tn
nn
ꜥn
distal pf, pfꜣ
tf, tfꜣ
nf, nfꜣ
ꜥf
‘copula’ and vocative pw, pwy
tw, twy
nw

anaphoric pꜣ
tꜣ
nꜣ
ꜥꜣ

1 Joined by n(j) to nouns they modify.

Late Egyptian demonstratives and articles
masculine feminine plural adverb
pronoun pꜣw
dj
determiners and pronouns pꜣj
tꜣj
nꜣj
possessive determiners1 pꜣy
tꜣy
nꜣy
relational pronouns (‘possessive prefixes’) p-n, pꜣ
t-nt, tꜣ
nꜣyw, nꜣ
definite articles pꜣ
tꜣ
nꜣ2
indefinite articles wꜥ2
nhꜣy2

1 Used with suffix pronouns.
2 Originally joined by n(j) to nouns they modify; later without it.

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Etymology 2

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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t
f
D26

 2-lit.

  1. (intransitive) to spit (+ m: to spit (something) out) [Pyramid Texts, rarely later]
Usage notes
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Used chiefly in the context of old religious texts, and particularly in the Heliopolitan cosmogony to describe the creation of the goddess Tefnut from Atum’s spit.

Inflection
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Conjugation of tf (biliteral / 2-lit. / 2rad.) — base stem: tf, geminated stem: tff
infinitival forms imperative
infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural
tf
tfw, tf
tft
tf, j.tf
tf, j.tf
‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2
tf
ḥr tf
m tf
r tf
suffix conjugation
aspect / mood active contingent
aspect / mood active
perfect tf.n
consecutive tf.jn
terminative tft
perfective3 tf
obligative1 tf.ḫr
imperfective tf, j.tf1
prospective3 tf
potentialis1 tf.kꜣ
subjunctive tf, j.tf1
verbal adjectives
aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles
active active passive
perfect tf.n
perfective tf
tf
tff, tffj6, tf2, tfw2 5, tfy2 5
imperfective j.tf1, tf, tfy, tfw5
j.tf1, j.tfw1 5, tf, tfj6, tfy6
tf, tfw5
prospective tf, tftj7
tftj4, tft4

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.

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Etymology 3

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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t
f
 

 m

  1. spittle [Pyramid Texts]
Inflection
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Declension of tf (masculine)
singular tf
dual tfwj
plural tfw
Descendants
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  • Bohairic Coptic: ⲑⲁϥ (thaf), ⲑⲏϥ (thēf)
  • Sahidic Coptic: ⲧⲁϥ (taf)

References

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  1. ^ Loprieno, Antonio (1995) Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 42

Swedish

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Alternative forms

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Adjective

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tf (not comparable)

  1. abbreviation of tillförordnad, acting (e.g. manager)

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