swdfj

Egyptian

s- (causative prefix) +‎ wdfj (“to be(come) late, to delay”).

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /sɛwɛdɛfi/
- Conventional anglicization: sewedefi

caus. 4ae inf.

Conjugation of swdfj (causative triliteral / caus. 3-lit. / caus. 3rad.) — base stem: swdf

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive¹	singular	plural
swdf	swdfw, swdf	swdft	swdf	swdf

‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem	periphrastic imperfective²		periphrastic prospective²
swdf	ḥr swdf	m swdf	r swdf

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms		participles
aspect / mood	active	passive	active	passive
perfect	swdf.n	active + .tj¹, .tw²	—	—
perfective	swdf	active + .tj¹, .tw²	swdf	swdf, swdfw⁵, swdfy⁵
imperfective	swdf, swdfy, swdfw⁵	active + .tj¹, .tw²	swdf, swdfj⁶, swdfy⁶	swdf, swdfw⁵
prospective	swdf, swdftj⁷	—	swdfwtj^{1 4}, swdftj⁴, swdft⁴
Used in Old Egyptian; archaic by Middle Egyptian. Used mostly since Middle Egyptian. 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. Declines using third-person suffix pronouns instead of adjectival endings: masculine .f/.fj, feminine .s/.sj, dual .sn/.snj, plural .sn. Only in the masculine singular. Only in the masculine. Only in the feminine.

James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 374.