sef
See also: séf, sêf, šef, șef, şef, and šéf
Hausa
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sêf/
- (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [sêɸ]
Noun
sêf m
- safe (for money or valuables)
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?.[1] 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)
- 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
- first-person singular present indicative of sofa
References
- 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 Norse
Noun
sef n (genitive sefs)
- 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
Romanian
Noun
sef n (plural sefuri)
- 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 | ||
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From English safe.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sêf/
Noun
sȅf m (Cyrillic spelling се̏ф)
- 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 |
Slovene
Etymology
From English safe.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /séːf/
Noun
sẹ̑f m inan
- 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 (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 reading
- “sef”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
Welsh
Etymology
From Middle Welsh ysef, yssef, from ys (“is”) + ef (“it”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /seːv/
Adverb
sef
- that is to say, that is, namely