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’saffejna well-built man
    ħajt b’saffejna double wall
  2. row
    saff sniena 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  • sâff (superseded)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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