softe
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Middle English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old English sōfte, variant of sēfte, from Proto-West Germanic *samftī.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
softe
- soft (not hard)
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- “soft(e, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Old English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Proto-West Germanic *samftō.
Adverb[edit]
sōfte (comparative sōftor, superlative sōftost)
- softly
- without opposition
Descendants[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
From Proto-West Germanic *samftī.
Adjective[edit]
sōfte
- Alternative form of sēfte
Declension[edit]
Declension of sōfte — Strong
Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
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Nominative | sōfte | sōftu, sōfto | sōfte |
Accusative | sōftne | sōfte | sōfte |
Genitive | sōftes | sōftre | sōftes |
Dative | sōftum | sōftre | sōftum |
Instrumental | sōfte | sōftre | sōfte |
Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
Nominative | sōfte | sōfta, sōfte | sōftu, sōfto |
Accusative | sōfte | sōfta, sōfte | sōftu, sōfto |
Genitive | sōftra | sōftra | sōftra |
Dative | sōftum | sōftum | sōftum |
Instrumental | sōftum | sōftum | sōftum |
Declension of sōfte — Weak
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