See also: Safi

Hausa edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /sáː.fíː/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [sáː.ɸíː]

Noun edit

sāfī m (plural sāfā̀yē, possessed form sāfin)

  1. thimble

Icelandic edit

Etymology edit

From Old Norse safi, from Proto-Germanic *safô (sap, berry juice), from Proto-Indo-European *sap- (to taste, perceive). Compare Old English sāfor (drool, slobber).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

safi m (genitive singular safa, nominative plural safar)

  1. juice

Declension edit

Synonyms edit

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Maltese edit

Root
s-f-j
7 terms

Etymology edit

From Arabic صَافِي (ṣāfī).

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

safi (feminine singular safja, plural safjin, comparative isfa)

  1. pure
    Synonym: pur

Old Norse edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Germanic *safô, from Proto-Indo-European *sap- (to taste, perceive).

Noun edit

safi m

  1. sap (of trees)

Declension edit

Descendants edit

  • Icelandic: safi
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: save m > sevje f
  • Norwegian Bokmål: save m > sevje m or f

References edit

  • safi”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Swahili edit

Etymology edit

From Arabic صَافِي (ṣāfī).

Pronunciation edit

  • (file)

Adjective edit

safi (invariable) or -safi (declinable)

  1. clean (not dirty)
  2. pure

Declension edit

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Interjection edit

safi

  1. (colloquial) I'm fine (response to "how are you?")
    Synonyms: nzuri, sijambo, njema, (colloquial) poa, (slang) freshi

Turkish edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish صافی (ṣāfi, clear, limpid, free from turbidity, pure, free from admixture, alloy or adulteration, mere, uncontaminated, (of heart) sincere),[1][2] from Arabic صَافِي (ṣāfī).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /saːˈfiː/
  • Hyphenation: sa‧fi

Adjective edit

safi

  1. pure, unadulterated, limpid
    Synonyms: saf, halis, katıksız, duru, temiz
  2. net, after deductions

Declension edit

Adverb edit

safi

  1. exclusively, solely, only

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Related terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “صافی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1159
  2. ^ Kélékian, Diran (1911) “صافی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 749

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