sef
Hausa edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
sêf m
- safe (for money or valuables)
Icelandic edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Norse sef, possibly borrowed from Old Irish simin, sibin(n), from Proto-Indo-European *sem-ino?.[1] Otherwise from Proto-Germanic *seba-, which would suggest an irregular, non-Indo-European substrate root alternation *seb-, *sem-, similar to sandr.
Noun edit
sef n (genitive singular sefs, no plural)
Declension edit
declension of sef
Derived terms edit
- blómsef (“three-flowered rush, Juncus triglumis”)
- dökkasef (“chestnut rush, Juncus castaneus”)
- fitjasef (“black-grass rush, Juncus gerardii”)
- flagasef (“two-flowered rush, Juncus biglumis”)
- laugasef (“jointleaf rush, Juncus articulatus”)
- lækjasef (“toad rush, Juncus bufonius”)
- móasef (“highland rush, Juncus trifolia”)
- mýrasef (“northern green rush, Juncus alpinoarticulatus”)
- þráðsef (“thread rush, Juncus filiformis”)
Etymology 2 edit
Inflected form of sofa (“to sleep”).
Verb edit
sef
References edit
- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “semetha”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 432-33
Old Norse edit
Etymology edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun edit
sef n (genitive sefs)
Descendants edit
References edit
- “sef”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Romanian edit
Noun edit
sef n (plural sefuri)
- Alternative form of seif
Declension edit
Serbo-Croatian edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
sȅf m (Cyrillic spelling се̏ф)
Declension edit
Slovene edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
sẹ̑f m inan
- safe (a box, usually made of metal, in which valuables can be locked for safekeeping)
Inflection edit
Masculine inan., hard o-stem | |||
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nom. sing. | séf | ||
gen. sing. | séfa | ||
singular | dual | plural | |
nominative (imenovȃlnik) |
séf | séfa | séfi |
genitive (rodȋlnik) |
séfa | séfov | séfov |
dative (dajȃlnik) |
séfu | séfoma | séfom |
accusative (tožȋlnik) |
séf | séfa | séfe |
locative (mẹ̑stnik) |
séfu | séfih | séfih |
instrumental (orọ̑dnik) |
séfom | séfoma | séfi |
Further reading edit
- “sef”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
Talysh edit
Etymology edit
Cognate with Persian سیب (sib).
Noun edit
sef
Welsh edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Welsh ysef, yssef, from ys (“is”) + ef (“it”).
Pronunciation edit
Adverb edit
sef
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