Egyptian [ edit ] Etymology [ edit ] Apparently a development of earlier ssf
Pronunciation [ edit ] 4-lit.
( transitive ) burn to ashes [Greco-Roman Period] Inflection [ edit ]
Conjugation of sfsf (quadriliteral / 4-lit. / 4rad.) — base stem: sfsf
infinitival forms
imperative
infinitive
negatival complement
complementary infinitive1
singular
plural
sfsf sfsfw , sfsf sfsft sfsf sfsf
‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem
periphrastic imperfective 2
periphrastic prospective 2
sfsf ḥr sfsf m sfsf r sfsf
suffix conjugation
aspect / mood
active
passive
contingent
aspect / mood
active
passive
perfect
sfsf.n sfsfw , sfsf consecutive
sfsf.jn active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
terminative
sfsft
perfective 3
sfsf active + .tj 1 , .tw 2 obligative1
sfsf.ḫr active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
imperfective
sfsf active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
prospective 3
sfsfw , sfsf sfsfw , sfsf potentialis1
sfsf.kꜣ active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
subjunctive
sfsf active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
verbal adjectives
aspect / mood
relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms
participles
active
passive
active
passive
perfect
sfsf.n active + .tj 1 , .tw 2 —
—
perfective
sfsf active + .tj 1 , .tw 2 sfsf sfsf , sfsfw 5 , sfsfy 5
imperfective
sfsf , sfsfy , sfsfw 5 active + .tj 1 , .tw 2 sfsf , sfsfj 6 , sfsfy 6 sfsf , sfsfw 5
prospective
sfsf , sfsftj 7 —
sfsfwtj 1 4 , sfsftj 4 , sfsft 4
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 .s .sj .sn .snj .sn
Only in the masculine singular.
Only in the masculine.
Only in the feminine.
Alternative forms [ edit ]
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of sfsf
m
ashes [Greco-Roman Period] Alternative forms [ edit ] See under the verb above.
References [ edit ] 
