Hebrew edit

Root
ז־ו־ף (z-w-p)

Verb edit

זייף / זִיֵּף (ziyéf) third-singular masculine past (pi'el construction)

  1. to forge

References edit

  • זייף” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

Yiddish edit

Etymology edit

From Middle High German seife, from Old High German seifa, seiffa, from Proto-West Germanic *saipā, from Proto-Germanic *saipǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *seyb- (to pour out, dribble, strain, trickle).

Noun edit

זייף (zeyfm or f

  1. soap