jzft

Egyptian
FWOTD – 1 September 2021

Pronunciation
 
  • (reconstructed) IPA(key): /jaˈzaːfat/ → /jaˈsaːfaʔ/ → /ʔaˈsaːfa/ → /ʔaˈsoːfə/

Noun
iz
f
t		 nDs

 f

  1. falsehood, lie
  2. wrong, sin, wickedness
    • c. 1550 BCE – 1295 BCE, Great Hymn to Osiris (Stela of Amenmose, Louvre C 286) lines 17–18:
      sHwwY1&n&f DADAnw
      t      		 U5
      a
      t      		 N9 t
      Z2      		 nTrnb
      r      		 Dr
      r      		 D&z&fnb
      w Z2ss      		 mAatzmAiiY1
      Z2      		 ims

      M
      a
      k      		 HAiiwtp
      Z2ss      		 isf
      t
      nDs      		 snDmwm
      O307
      n
      t
      gbbr
      r
      a
      t      		 O44t Z1
      n
      nb      		 sswiH_SPACE
      t      		 in
      U5
      a      		 t
      z
      n
      f
      sḥww n.f ḏꜣḏꜣt mꜣꜥt psḏt nb-r-ḏr ḏs.f nbw-mꜣꜥt zmꜣyw jm.s mkḥꜣyw jsft snḏmw m wsḫt nt gbb r rdjt jꜣwt n nb.s (n)syt n mꜣꜥt.s n.f
      The Tribunal of Maat was convened for him: the Ennead, the Lord of All himself, and the possessors of righteousness who were united in it, who scorn wrongdoing, sitting in the hall of Geb to give the office to its owner and the kingship to the one to whom it justly belonged.
  3. injustice, wrong (done to someone)
  4. disorder or chaos in the state or cosmos
  5. uncleanliness [Greco-Roman Period]

Inflection
Declension of jzft (feminine)
singular jzft
dual jzftj
plural jzfwt

Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of jzft  
iz
f
t		 N18
iizsf
t		 nDs
isf
t
nDs
izf
nDs
Hn
f
t
jzft jsft jsft jsf jsft
[Pyramid Texts] [Middle Kingdom] [Middle Kingdom] [Late Period] [Late Period]

Synonyms
  • (lie, falsehood): grg

Antonyms

Derived terms

References
  • James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 120.
  • Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926–1961) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN
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