sef
HausaEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
sêf m
- safe (for money or valuables)
IcelandicEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
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.
NounEdit
sef n (genitive singular sefs, no plural)
DeclensionEdit
declension of sef
Derived termsEdit
- 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 2Edit
Inflected form of sofa (“to sleep”).
VerbEdit
sef
ReferencesEdit
- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013), “semetha”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 432-33
Old NorseEdit
NounEdit
sef n (genitive sefs)
DescendantsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “sef”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
RomanianEdit
NounEdit
sef n (plural sefuri)
- Alternative form of seif
DeclensionEdit
Serbo-CroatianEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
sȅf m (Cyrillic spelling се̏ф)
DeclensionEdit
SloveneEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
sẹ̑f m inan
- safe (a box, usually made of metal, in which valuables can be locked for safekeeping)
InflectionEdit
Masculine inan., hard o-stem | |||
---|---|---|---|
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 readingEdit
- “sef”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
WelshEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle Welsh ysef, yssef, from ys (“is”) + ef (“it”).
PronunciationEdit
AdverbEdit
sef