سيف

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See also: سيق and شيق

Arabic

Etymology

Related to Ancient Greek ξίφος (xíphos); either a loan, or from a common original source. The same word is probably preserved in Egyptian zft, Coptic ⲥⲏϥⲉ (sēfe). Dümichen (1867) suggested an Old Semitic saïf or sêf, Myres (1930) a possible Libyan or "Sea Peoples" word.

Pronunciation 1

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Noun

سَيْف (sayfm (plural سُيُوف (suyūf) or أَسْيَاف (ʔasyāf) or أَسْيُف (ʔasyuf))

  1. sword, sabre, foil, rapier, scimitar
  2. swordfish

Declension

Descendants

  • Amharic ሰይፍ (säyf)
  • English: seif, Saiph
  • Hebrew: סַיִף (sayif)
  • Maltese: sejf
  • Ottoman Turkish: سیف (seyf)
  • Persian: سیف (seyf)
  • Tajik: сайф (sayf)

Pronunciation 2

Noun

سِيف (sīfm (plural أَسْيَاف (ʔasyāf))

  1. coast
  2. riverbank
  3. shore

Declension

References

  • Johannes Dümichen, Historische Inschriften altägyptischer Denkmäler vol. 1, Leipzig (1867), 26-27.
  • John Linton Myres, Who were the Greeks?, University of California Press, 1930, p. 590