Wiktionary

zfn

Egyptian edit

Etymology edit

zf (“to be(come) mild, merciful”) +‎ -n.

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

z
f
n		 fnDA2

 3-lit.

  1. (intransitive) to be(come) gentle or kindly
  2. (intransitive) to be(come) merciful
  3. (intransitive) to be(come) happy, to rejoice [Greco-Roman Period]

Inflection edit

Conjugation of zfn (triliteral / 3-lit. / 3rad.) — base stem: zfn, geminated stem: zfnn
infinitival forms imperative
infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural
zfn
 zfnw, zfn
 zfnt
 zfn
 zfn
‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2
zfn
 ḥr zfn
 m zfn
 r zfn
suffix conjugation
aspect / mood active contingent
aspect / mood active
perfect zfn.n
 consecutive zfn.jn
terminative zfnt
perfective3 zfn
 obligative1 zfn.ḫr
imperfective zfn
prospective3 zfn
 potentialis1 zfn.kꜣ
subjunctive zfn
verbal adjectives
aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles
active active passive
perfect zfn.n
 — —
perfective zfn
 zfn
 zfn, zfnw5, zfny5
imperfective zfn, zfny, zfnw5
 zfn, zfnj6, zfny6
 zfn, zfnw5
prospective zfn, zfntj7
 zfntj4, zfnt4
  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.

Alternative forms edit

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of zfn  
sf
n		 fnDA2
sfn
[since the Middle Kingdom]

References edit

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