sf

See also: sf., Sf, Sf., SF, S.F., S. F., and S/F

Translingual

Alternative forms

• sfz, sfz.

Adverb

sf

1. (music) sforzando (of playing: with a strong initial attack)

English

Noun

sf

1. (dated) Alternative form of SF (science fiction)
   • 2011 February 1, Istvan Csicsery-Ronay, Jr., The Seven Beauties of Science Fiction‎, Wesleyan University Press, →ISBN, pages 102–103:

     But some discussion of the complex relationship between “allohistory” and sf is appropriate here, as the genres overlap in certain ways. Classical allohistory— such as Trevelyan's "What if Napoleon had won the Battle of Waterloo?" and Churchill's "If Lee had not won the Battle of Gettysburg" —is a rigorously consistent thought-experiment in historical causality.

2. Abbreviation of significant figure(s).

Anagrams

• F's, FS, Fs, F♭s, F♯s, f's, fs

Egyptian

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /sif/, /suf/ → /sif/, /suf/ → /sef/, /suf/ → /sef/, /søf/

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /sif/, /suf/ (vowel quality uncertain)
• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /sif/, /suf/ (vowel quality uncertain)
• (Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA^(key): /sef/, /suf/ (vowel quality uncertain)
• (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /sef/, /søf/ (vowel quality uncertain)

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /sɛf/
  • Conventional anglicization: sef

Noun

 m

1. yesterday [since the Pyramid Texts]

Adverb

1. yesterday [since the Pyramid Texts]

Descendants

• Akhmimic Coptic: ⲥⲉϥ (sef)
• Bohairic Coptic: ⲥⲁϥ (saf)
• Fayyumic Coptic: ⲥⲉϥ (sef)
• Sahidic Coptic: ⲥⲁϥ (saf)

References

• Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1930), Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎, volume 4, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 113.2–113.16
• James P[eter] Allen (2010), Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 95.