sef

See also: séf, sêf, šef, șef, şef, and šéf

Hausa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sêf/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [sêɸ]

Noun

sêf m

1. safe (for money or valuables)

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Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɛːv/
• Rhymes: -ɛːv

Etymology 1

From Old Norse sef, possibly borrowed from Old Irish simin, sibin(n), from Proto-Indo-European *sem-ino?. Otherwise from Proto-Germanic *seba-, which would suggest an irregular, non-Indo-European substrate root alternation *seb-, *sem-, similar to sandr.

Noun

sef n (genitive singular sefs, no plural)

1. rush (plant of the genus Juncus)

Declension

declension of sef

n-s	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	sef	sefið
accusative	sef	sefið
dative	sefi	sefinu
genitive	sefs	sefsins

Derived terms

• 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

Inflected form of sofa (“to sleep”).

Verb

sef

1. first-person singular present indicative of sofa

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Old Norse

Noun

sef n (genitive sefs)

1. sedge, rush

Descendants

• Icelandic: sef
• Norwegian Nynorsk: siv
• Norwegian Bokmål: siv

References

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

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Romanian

Noun

sef n (plural sefuri)

1. Alternative form of seif

Declension

Declension of sef

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) sef	seful	(niște) sefuri	sefurile
genitive/dative	(unui) sef	sefului	(unor) sefuri	sefurilor
vocative	sefule		sefurilor

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From English safe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sêf/

Noun

sȅf m (Cyrillic spelling се̏ф)

1. safe, strongbox

Declension

Declension of sef

	singular	plural
nominative	sȅf	sèfovi
genitive	sefa	sefova
dative	sefu	sefovima
accusative	sef	sefove
vocative	sefe	sefovi
locative	sefu	sefovima
instrumental	sefom	sefovima

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Slovene

Etymology

From English safe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /séːf/

Noun

sẹ̑f m inan

1. safe (a box, usually made of metal, in which valuables can be locked for safekeeping)

Inflection

Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nom. sing.	séf
gen. sing.	séfa
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	séf	séfa	séfi
accusative	séf	séfa	séfe
genitive	séfa	séfov	séfov
dative	séfu	séfoma	séfom
locative	séfu	séfih	séfih
instrumental	séfom	séfoma	séfi

Further reading

• “sef”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

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Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh ysef, yssef, from ys (“is”) + ef (“it”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /seːv/

Adverb

sef

1. that is to say, that is, namely