saff
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Maltese[edit]
| Root |
|---|
| s-f-f |
| 4 terms |
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
saff m (dual saffejn, plural saffi or saffijiet or sfuf or safef)
- layer, stratum
- raġel b’saffejn ― a well-built man
- ħajt b’saffejn ― a double wall
- row
- saff snien ― a row of teeth
Middle English[edit]
Adjective[edit]
saff
- Alternative form of sauf
Preposition[edit]
saff
- Alternative form of sauf
Conjunction[edit]
saff
- Alternative form of sauf
Welsh[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- sâff (superseded)
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Middle English sauf, from Old French sauf, from Latin salvus, from Proto-Indo-European *solh₂wós. Doublet of seff.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
saff (feminine singular saff, plural saff, equative saffed, comparative saffach, superlative saffaf, not mutable)
Further reading[edit]
- 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
Categories:
- Maltese terms belonging to the root s-f-f
- Maltese terms inherited from Arabic
- Maltese terms derived from Arabic
- Maltese 1-syllable words
- Maltese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Maltese lemmas
- Maltese nouns
- Maltese masculine nouns
- Maltese terms with collocations
- Middle English lemmas
- Middle English adjectives
- Middle English prepositions
- Middle English conjunctions
- Welsh terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Welsh terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *solh₂-
- Welsh terms borrowed from Middle English
- Welsh terms derived from Middle English
- Welsh terms derived from Old French
- Welsh terms derived from Latin
- Welsh doublets
- Welsh terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Welsh/aːf
- Welsh lemmas
- Welsh adjectives
- Welsh non-mutable terms