tf

See also: TF, Tf, and .tf

Egyptian

Pronoun

feminine singular

1. this, that

Usage notes

This demonstrative can be used alone, as a pronoun. When used as a demonstrative it follows the noun it describes.

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

There is a more colloquial variant: tfꜣ.

Inflection

Old and Middle Egyptian demonstratives

	adjectives				pronouns3	adverbs
number	singular		plural1		unmarked
gender	masculine	feminine	masculine	feminine	unmarked
proximal	pn	tn	jpn	jptn	nn	ꜥn2
distal	pf	tf	jpf	jptf	nf	ꜥf2
proximal1 copula; vocative2	pj1, pw, pwy	tj1, tw, twy	jpw	jptw	nw	—
vocative1 anaphoric2	pꜣ	tꜣ	—	—	nꜣ	ꜥꜣ
1   In Old Egyptian. 2   In Middle Egyptian. 3   In Old Egyptian, these pronouns were 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. In Middle Egyptian, they take over the function of the plural demonstrative adjectives and are joined by n to nouns they modify.

References

• Allen, James (2000) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0-521-77483-7
• Faulkner, Raymond (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, ISBN 0-900416-32-7

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Swedish

Alternative forms

• t.f.

Abbreviation

tf

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

References

• tillförordna in Svenska Akademiens Ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)