safi

See also: Safi

Hausa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sáː.fíː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [sáː.ɸíː]

Noun

sāfī m (plural sāfā̀yē, possessed form sāfin)

1. thimble

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse safi, from Proto-Germanic *safô (“sap, berry juice”), from Proto-Indo-European *sap- (“to taste, perceive”). Compare Old English sāfor (“drool, slobber”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsaːvɪ/

  Rhymes: -aːvɪ

Noun

safi m (genitive singular safa, nominative plural safar)

1. juice

   Synonym: djús

Declension

Declension of safi (masculine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	safi	safinn	safar	safarnir
accusative	safa	safann	safa	safana
dative	safa	safanum	söfum	söfunum
genitive	safa	safans	safa	safanna

Derived terms

• ávaxtasafi
• blómasafi
• eplasafi
• safaríkur
• sítrónusafi
• tómatsafi

Maltese

Root
s-f-j
7 terms

Etymology

From Arabic صَافِي (ṣāfī).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsaː.fɪ/
• Rhymes: -aːfɪ

Adjective

safi (feminine singular safja, plural safjin, comparative isfa)

1. pure

   Synonyms: pur, krud

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *safô, from Proto-Indo-European *sap- (“to taste, perceive”).

Noun

safi m

1. sap (of trees)

Declension

Declension of safi (weak an-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	safi	safinn	safar	safarnir
accusative	safa	safann	safa	safana
dative	safa	safanum	sǫfum	sǫfunum
genitive	safa	safans	safa	safanna

Descendants

• Icelandic: safi
• Norwegian Nynorsk: save m > sevje f
• Norwegian Bokmål: save m > sevje m or f

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “safi”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish صافی (safi).

Adverb

safi

1. (obsolete) only

References

• safi in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic صَافِي (ṣāfī).

Pronunciation

• (Unguja standard) IPA^(key): /ˈsɑ.fi/
• (unadapted from Arabic) IPA^(key): /ˈsˤɑ̹.fi/

• Audio (Kenya):

  (file)

Adjective

safi (invariable) or -safi (declinable)

1. clean (not dirty)
2. pure

Declension

Inflected forms of -safi

Noun class	singular	plural
m-wa class(I/II)	msafi	wasafi
m-mi class(III/IV)	msafi	misafi
ji-ma class(V/VI)	safi	masafi
ki-vi class(VII/VIII)	kisafi	visafi
n class(IX/X)	safi	safi
u class(XI)	msafi	see n(X) or ma(VI) class
pa class(XVI)	pasafi
ku class(XVII)	kusafi
mu class(XVIII)	musafi

Derived terms

• Verbal derivations:
  • Causative: -safisha (“to clean”)
  • Stative: -safika (“be clean”)

• Nominal derivations:
  • usafi (“cleanliness, purity”)

Interjection

safi

1. (colloquial) I'm fine (response to "how are you?")

   Synonyms: nzuri, sijambo, njema, (colloquial) poa, (slang) freshi

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish صافی (ṣāfi, “clear, limpid, free from turbidity, pure, free from admixture, alloy or adulteration, mere, uncontaminated, (of heart) sincere”), from Arabic صَافِي (ṣāfī).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saːˈfiː/
• Hyphenation: sa‧fi

Adjective

safi

1. pure, unadulterated, limpid

   Synonyms: saf, halis, katıksız, duru, temiz

2. net, after deductions

Declension

Predicative forms of safi

present tense
	positive declarative	positive interrogative
ben (I am)	safiyim	safi miyim?
sen (you are)	safisin	safi misin?
o (he/she/it is)	safi / safidir	safi mi?
biz (we are)	safiyiz	safi miyiz?
siz (you are)	safisiniz	safi misiniz?
onlar (they are)	safi(ler)	safi(ler) mi?
past tense
	positive declarative	positive interrogative
ben (I was)	safiydim	safi miydim?
sen (you were)	safiydin	safi miydin?
o (he/she/it was)	safiydi	safi miydi?
biz (we were)	safiydik	safi miydik?
siz (you were)	safiydiniz	safi miydiniz?
onlar (they were)	safiydiler	safi miydiler?
indirect past
	positive declarative	positive interrogative
ben (I was)	safiymişim	safi miymişim?
sen (you were)	safiymişsin	safi miymişsin?
o (he/she/it was)	safiymiş	safi miymiş?
biz (we were)	safiymişiz	safi miymişiz?
siz (you were)	safiymişsiniz	safi miymişsiniz?
onlar (they were)	safiymişler	safi miymişler?
conditional
	positive declarative	positive interrogative
ben (if I)	safiysem	safi miysem?
sen (if you)	safiysen	safi miysen?
o (if he/she/it)	safiyse	safi miyse?
biz (if we)	safiysek	safi miysek?
siz (if you)	safiyseniz	safi miyseniz?
onlar (if they)	safiyseler	safi miyseler?

For negative forms, use the appropriate form of değil.

Adverb

safi

1. exclusively, solely, only

Derived terms

• gayrisafi
• safiyane
• safiyet

Related terms

• Mustafa
• saf
• safa
• safderun
• saffet
• Saffet
• Safiye
• tasfiye

Further reading

• “safi”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “safi”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4008