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sefte

Middle English edit

Noun edit

sefte

  1. Alternative form of seventhe

Old English edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-West Germanic *samftī (“at the same height, level, flat, smooth, not rough”) (compare Proto-Germanic *sōmiz (“agreeable, fitting”)), from Proto-Indo-European *sóm-tu-, possibly from *sem- (“one, whole”).[1]

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

sēfte

  1. soft, luxurious
  2. gentle, not harsh
  3. easy, pleasant
  4. quiet, undisturbed

Declension edit

Declension of sēfte — Strong
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative sēfte sēftu, sēfto sēfte
Accusative sēftne sēfte sēfte
Genitive sēftes sēftre sēftes
Dative sēftum sēftre sēftum
Instrumental sēfte sēftre sēfte
Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative sēfte sēfta, sēfte sēftu, sēfto
Accusative sēfte sēfta, sēfte sēftu, sēfto
Genitive sēftra sēftra sēftra
Dative sēftum sēftum sēftum
Instrumental sēftum sēftum sēftum
Declension of sēfte — Weak
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative sēfta sēfte sēfte
Accusative sēftan sēftan sēfte
Genitive sēftan sēftan sēftan
Dative sēftan sēftan sēftan
Instrumental sēftan sēftan sēftan
Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative sēftan sēftan sēftan
Accusative sēftan sēftan sēftan
Genitive sēftra, sēftena sēftra, sēftena sēftra, sēftena
Dative sēftum sēftum sēftum
Instrumental sēftum sēftum sēftum

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Middle English: softe, soufte, zofte
    • English: soft
    • Scots: saft
    • Yola: zaft

References edit

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “samÞu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 426

Old Frisian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-West Germanic *samftī (compare Proto-Germanic *sōmiz (“agreeable, fitting”)), from Proto-Indo-European *sóm-tu-, possibly from *sem- (“one, whole”).[1]

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

sēfte

  1. soft

Descendants edit

Adverb edit

sēfte

  1. softly

References edit

  • Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN
  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “samÞu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 426

Plautdietsch edit

Verb edit

sefte

  1. to sigh
  2. to utter a sigh
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