znf

Egyptian

Etymology

From Proto-Afroasiatic *ʒin- with an uncertain suffix -f, according to Orel and Stolbova’s very tentative reconstruction.[1] If so, perhaps cognate with West Chadic *ʒin- (“blood”), whence Hausa jini.

Pronunciation
 
  • (noun): (reconstructed) IPA(key): /zVˈnaf/ → /sVˈnaf/ → /səˈnaf/ → /səˈnaf/

Noun
z
n
f		 D26

 m

  1. blood

Inflection
Declension of znf (masculine)
singular znf
dual znfwj
plural znfw

Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of znf  
z
n
f		 D26
Z2ss
z
n
f
Z2
z
n
f		 wD26
znf znf znfw

Descendants
  • Demotic: F51⁠nf⁠s (snf)

Verb
z
n
f		 D26
Z2ss

 3-lit.

  1. (intransitive) to bleed

Inflection
Conjugation of znf (triliteral / 3-lit. / 3rad.) — base stem: znf, geminated stem: znff
infinitival forms imperative
infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural
znf
 znfw, znf
 znft
 znf
 znf
‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2
znf
 ḥr znf
 m znf
 r znf
suffix conjugation
aspect / mood active contingent
aspect / mood active
perfect znf.n
 consecutive znf.jn
terminative znft
perfective3 znf
 obligative1 znf.ḫr
imperfective znf
prospective3 znf
 potentialis1 znf.kꜣ
subjunctive znf
verbal adjectives
aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles
active active passive
perfect znf.n
 — —
perfective znf
 znf
 znf, znfw5, znfy5
imperfective znf, znfy, znfw5
 znf, znfj6, znfy6
 znf, znfw5
prospective znf, znftj7
 znftj4, znft4
  1. Used in Old Egyptian; archaic by Middle Egyptian.
  2. Used mostly since Middle Egyptian.
  3. 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.
  4. Declines using third-person suffix pronouns instead of adjectival endings: masculine .f/.fj, feminine .s/.sj, dual .sn/.snj, plural .sn.
  5. Only in the masculine singular.
  6. Only in the masculine.
  7. Only in the feminine.

Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of znf  
z
n
f		 D26
znf

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir E., Stolbova, Olga V. (1995) “*ʒin-”, in Hamito-Semitic Etymological Dictionary: Materials for a Reconstruction (Handbuch der Orientalistik; I.18), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill, § 2626, page 546
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