tf
EnglishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
NounEdit
tf (uncountable)
- (Internet slang, text messaging) Initialism of the fuck.
- Why TF do you think that??
AnagramsEdit
EgyptianEdit
Etymology 1Edit
PronunciationEdit
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /tɛf/
- Conventional anglicization: tef
DeterminerEdit
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f sg distal demonstrative determiner
Usage notesEdit
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.
There is a more colloquial variant: tfꜣ.
InflectionEdit
Old Egyptian demonstratives
determiners | pronouns1 | adverbs | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
number | singular | dual | plural | unmarked | ||||
gender | masculine | feminine | masculine | feminine | masculine | feminine | unmarked | |
proximal to speaker | pn |
tn, jtn |
jpnj |
jptnj |
jpn |
jptn |
nn |
— |
distal | pf |
tf |
jpfj |
jptfj |
jpf |
jptf |
nf |
— |
proximal to spoken of | pj, pw, py, p |
tj, tw, jtw |
jpwj |
jptwj |
jpw |
jptw |
nw |
— |
vocative | pꜣ |
tꜣ |
— |
— |
— |
— |
nꜣ |
ꜥꜣ |
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Middle Egyptian demonstratives
Late Egyptian demonstratives and articles
masculine | feminine | plural | adverb | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
pronoun | pꜣw |
dj | ||||
determiners and pronouns | pꜣj |
tꜣj |
nꜣj | |||
possessive determiners (used with suffix pronouns) | pꜣy |
tꜣy |
nꜣy | |||
relational pronouns (‘possessive prefixes’) | p-n, pꜣ |
t-nt, tꜣ |
nꜣyw, nꜣ | |||
definite articles | pꜣ |
tꜣ |
nꜣ1 | |||
indefinite articles | wꜥ1 |
nhꜣy1 | ||||
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Etymology 2Edit
PronunciationEdit
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /tɛf/
- Conventional anglicization: tef
VerbEdit
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2-lit.
- (intransitive) to spit (+ m: to spit (something) out) [Pyramid Texts, rarely later]
Usage notesEdit
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.
InflectionEdit
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 | |||
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stative stem | periphrastic imperfective2 | periphrastic prospective2 | |
tf |
ḥr tf |
m tf |
r tf |
suffix conjugation | |||
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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 | |
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Alternative formsEdit
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of tf
Etymology 3Edit
PronunciationEdit
- (reconstructed) IPA(key): /tif/ → /tif/ → /tef/
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /tɛf/
- Conventional anglicization: tef
NounEdit
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m
- spittle [Pyramid Texts]
InflectionEdit
DescendantsEdit
- Coptic: ⲑⲁϥ (thaf)
ReferencesEdit
- James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 54–55.
- Faulkner, Raymond (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN
- Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1931) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 5, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 297.6–297.9
SwedishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
AdjectiveEdit
tf
- Abbreviation of tillförordnad., acting (e.g. manager)