srf

Egyptian

Etymology

Cognate to Hebrew שָׂרָף.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

 3-lit.

1. (intransitive) to be(come) warm
2. (transitive) to warm, to heat up

Inflection

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

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive1	singular	plural
srf	srfw, srf	srft	srf	srf

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

suffix conjugation
aspect / mood	active	passive	contingent
			aspect / mood	active	passive
perfect	srf.n	srfw, srf	consecutive	srf.jn	active + .tj1, .tw2
		active + .tj1, .tw2
terminative	srft
perfective3	srf	active + .tj1, .tw2	obligative1	srf.ḫr	active + .tj1, .tw2
imperfective	srf	active + .tj1, .tw2
prospective3	srf	srff	potentialis1	srf.kꜣ	active + .tj1, .tw2
		active + .tj1, .tw2
subjunctive	srf	active + .tj1, .tw2

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms		participles
	active	passive	active	passive
perfect	srf.n	active + .tj1, .tw2	—	—
perfective	srf	active + .tj1, .tw2	srf	srf, srfw5, srfy5
imperfective	srf, srfy, srfw5	active + .tj1, .tw2	srf, srfj6, srfy6	srf, srfw5
prospective	srf, srftj7	—	srftj4, srft4
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 srf  

srf

[Old Kingdom]

Noun

 m

1. warmth, heat
2. temperature, level of heat or coldness of something
3. fever
4. passion, fervor
5. (with a qualifier specifying the kind of mood) mood in general

Inflection

Declension of srf (masculine)

singular	srf
dual	srfwj
plural	srfw

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of srf  

srf

Verb

 3-lit.

1. (intransitive, Late Egyptian) to rest, to relax
2. (transitive, Late Egyptian) to bring to rest, to relax

Inflection

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

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive1	singular	plural
srf	srfw, srf	srft	srf	srf

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

suffix conjugation
aspect / mood	active	passive	contingent
			aspect / mood	active	passive
perfect	srf.n	srfw, srf	consecutive	srf.jn	active + .tj1, .tw2
		active + .tj1, .tw2
terminative	srft
perfective3	srf	active + .tj1, .tw2	obligative1	srf.ḫr	active + .tj1, .tw2
imperfective	srf	active + .tj1, .tw2
prospective3	srf	srff	potentialis1	srf.kꜣ	active + .tj1, .tw2
		active + .tj1, .tw2
subjunctive	srf	active + .tj1, .tw2

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms		participles
	active	passive	active	passive
perfect	srf.n	active + .tj1, .tw2	—	—
perfective	srf	active + .tj1, .tw2	srf	srf, srfw5, srfy5
imperfective	srf, srfy, srfw5	active + .tj1, .tw2	srf, srfj6, srfy6	srf, srfw5
prospective	srf, srftj7	—	srftj4, srft4
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 srf  

srf

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1930) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 4, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 195.6–196.14, 197.5–197.9
• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 236