סוף

Hebrew

Etymology 1
Root
ס־ו־ף (s-w-p)

From Aramaic סוֹף (sōp̄)[1][2]

Pronunciation

Noun

סוֹף • (sóf) m (plural indefinite סוֹפִים, singular construct סוֹף־, plural construct סוֹפֵי־)

  1. An end, a finish.
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Derived terms
Descendants
  • → Yiddish: סוף (sof)

Etymology 2
Root
ס־ו־ף (s-w-p)

From Late Egyptian ṯwfj (“papyrus; papyrus thicket”).[3][4]

Noun

סוּף • (súf) m

  1. reed, (biblical) bulrush, papyrus
Derived terms

References
  1. Haupt, Paul (1917) “Syriac sífṯâ, lip, and sáu̮pâ, end”, in Journal of the Society of Oriental Research‎, volume 1, page 92
  2. Wagner, Max (1966) Die lexikalischen und grammatikalischen Aramaismen im alttestamentlichen Hebräisch (Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft; 96) (in German), Berlin: Alfred Töpelmann, →ISBN, page 87 Nr. 199
  3. Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1931) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎, volume 5, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 359.6–359.10
  4. Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 322
  • “סוף” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

Further reading

Yiddish

Etymology

From Hebrew סוֹף (sóf).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /sɔf/

Noun

סוף • (sof) m

  1. end
    פֿון אָנהייב ביזן סוף ― fun onheyb bizn sof ― from beginning to end

Derived terms
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