wzf

Egyptian

Pronunciation
 
  • (reconstructed) IPA(key): /ˈwaːzaf/ → /ˈwaːsaf/ → /ˈwaːsəf/ → /ˈwoːsəf/

Verb
wz
f		 G38D54

 3-lit.

  1. (transitive) to neglect, to ignore (an order, oath, etc.), to break (one’s oath or promise)
  2. (transitive) to abate, to waive (tax arrears)
  3. (intransitive) to be(come) idle, sluggish, neglectful
  4. (intransitive, Late Egyptian) to dawdle, to delay

Inflection
Conjugation of wzf (triliteral / 3-lit. / 3rad.) — base stem: wzf, geminated stem: wzff
infinitival forms imperative
infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural
wzf
 wzfw, wzf
 wzft
 wzf
 wzf
‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2
wzf
 ḥr wzf
 m wzf
 r wzf
suffix conjugation
aspect / mood active passive contingent
aspect / mood active passive
perfect wzf.n
 wzfw, wzf
 consecutive wzf.jn
 active + .tj1, .tw2
active + .tj1, .tw2
terminative wzft
perfective3 wzf
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 obligative1 wzf.ḫr
 active + .tj1, .tw2
imperfective wzf
 active + .tj1, .tw2
prospective3 wzf
 wzff
 potentialis1 wzf.kꜣ
 active + .tj1, .tw2
active + .tj1, .tw2
subjunctive wzf
 active + .tj1, .tw2
verbal adjectives
aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles
active passive active passive
perfect wzf.n
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 — —
perfective wzf
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 wzf
 wzf, wzfw5, wzfy5
imperfective wzf, wzfy, wzfw5
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 wzf, wzfj6, wzfy6
 wzf, wzfw5
prospective wzf, wzftj7
 — wzftj4, wzft4
  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 wzf  
wsf
D54
wsf
G41		 D54
wsf wsf

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Coptic: ⲟⲩⲱⲥϥ̄ (ouōsf̄)

Noun
wz
f		 G38D54

 m

  1. neglectfulness, dereliction
  2. (Late Egyptian) idleness, time off, leave, lack of work for workers

Inflection
Conjugation of wzf (triliteral / 3-lit. / 3rad.) — base stem: wzf, geminated stem: wzff
infinitival forms imperative
infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural
wzf
 wzfw, wzf
 wzft
 wzf
 wzf
‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2
wzf
 ḥr wzf
 m wzf
 r wzf
suffix conjugation
aspect / mood active passive contingent
aspect / mood active passive
perfect wzf.n
 wzfw, wzf
 consecutive wzf.jn
 active + .tj1, .tw2
active + .tj1, .tw2
terminative wzft
perfective3 wzf
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 obligative1 wzf.ḫr
 active + .tj1, .tw2
imperfective wzf
 active + .tj1, .tw2
prospective3 wzf
 wzff
 potentialis1 wzf.kꜣ
 active + .tj1, .tw2
active + .tj1, .tw2
subjunctive wzf
 active + .tj1, .tw2
verbal adjectives
aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles
active passive active passive
perfect wzf.n
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 — —
perfective wzf
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 wzf
 wzf, wzfw5, wzfy5
imperfective wzf, wzfy, wzfw5
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 wzf, wzfj6, wzfy6
 wzf, wzfw5
prospective wzf, wzftj7
 — wzftj4, wzft4
  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

See under the verb above.

References
  • “wzf (lemma ID 49520)”, in Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae‎, Corpus issue 17, Web app version 2.01 edition, Tonio Sebastian Richter & Daniel A. Werning by order of the Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften and Hans-Werner Fischer-Elfert & Peter Dils by order of the Sächsische Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig, 2004–15 December 2022
  • “wzf (lemma ID 49530)”, in Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae‎, Corpus issue 17, Web app version 2.01 edition, Tonio Sebastian Richter & Daniel A. Werning by order of the Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften and Hans-Werner Fischer-Elfert & Peter Dils by order of the Sächsische Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig, 2004–15 December 2022
  • Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎, volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 357.1–357.11
  • Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 68
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