saff

Maltese

Root
s-f-f
4 terms

Etymology

From Arabic صَفّ (ṣaff).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /saf/

Noun

saff m (dual saffejn, plural saffi or saffijiet or sfuf or safef)

  1. layer, stratum
    raġel b’saffejn ― a well-built man
    ħajt b’saffejn ― a double wall
  2. row
    saff snien ― a row of teeth

Middle English

Adjective

saff

  1. Alternative form of sauf

Preposition

saff

  1. Alternative form of sauf

Conjunction

saff

  1. Alternative form of sauf

Welsh

Alternative forms

  • sâff (superseded)

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle English sauf, from Old French sauf, from Latin salvus, from Proto-Indo-European *solh₂wós. Doublet of seff.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /saːf/
  • Rhymes: -aːf

Adjective

saff (feminine singular saff, plural saff, equative saffed, comparative saffach, superlative saffaf, not mutable)

  1. safe
    Synonyms: diogel, sicr

Further reading

  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “saff”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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