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English[edit]
Phrase[edit]
tf
- (Internet slang, text messaging) Alternative letter-case form of TF.
Anagrams[edit]
Egyptian[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /tɛf/
- Conventional anglicization: tef
Determiner[edit]
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f sg distal demonstrative determiner
Usage notes[edit]
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.
Inflection[edit]
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 | |||
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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 2[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /tɛf/
- Conventional anglicization: tef
Verb[edit]
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2-lit.
- (intransitive) to spit (+ m: to spit (something) out) [Pyramid Texts, rarely later]
Usage notes[edit]
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.
Inflection[edit]
Conjugation of tf (biliteral / 2-lit. / 2rad.) — base stem: tf, geminated stem: tff
infinitival forms | imperative | |||
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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 | |||
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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 forms[edit]
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of tf
Etymology 3[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (reconstructed) IPA(key): /tif/ → /tif/ → /tef/
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /tɛf/
- Conventional anglicization: tef
Noun[edit]
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m
- spittle [Pyramid Texts]
Inflection[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Coptic: ⲑⲁϥ (thaf)
References[edit]
- 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[1], volume 5, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 297.6–297.9
Swedish[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Adjective[edit]
tf
- Abbreviation of tillförordnad., acting (e.g. manager)
References[edit]
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