scheef
Dutch
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch scheyff, from Proto-Germanic *skaibaz ‘crooked, askew’, from Proto-Indo-European *skeh₂iwo- (compare Latin scaevus (“left, clumsy”), Ancient Greek σκαιός (skaiós, “rude; brusque”), Latvian šķìbs (“crooked”)).[1] Cognate with German (obsolete) scheif, (dialectal) scheib, Old English *sc(e)āf (in scāffōt (“splay-footed”)), Swedish skev.
Adjective
scheef (comparative schever, superlative scheefst)
Inflection
Declension of scheef | ||||
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uninflected | scheef | |||
inflected | scheve | |||
comparative | schever | |||
positive | comparative | superlative | ||
predicative/adverbial | scheef | schever | het scheefst het scheefste | |
indefinite | m./f. sing. | scheve | schevere | scheefste |
n. sing. | scheef | schever | scheefste | |
plural | scheve | schevere | scheefste | |
definite | scheve | schevere | scheefste | |
partitive | scheefs | schevers | — |
References
- ^ Philippa, Marlies, Debrabandere, Frans, Quak, Arend, Schoonheim, Tanneke, van der Sijs, Nicoline (2003–2009) “scheef1”, in Etymologisch woordenboek van het Nederlands[1] (in Dutch), Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press
Etymology 2
From Middle Dutch scēve, from Proto-Germanic *skibō-; cognate with Low German Schääv, German Schäbe, and English shive, all ‘fragment of the woody core of flax or hemp’.[1]
Noun
scheef f (plural scheven, diminutive scheefje n)
References
- ^ Philippa, Marlies, Debrabandere, Frans, Quak, Arend, Schoonheim, Tanneke, van der Sijs, Nicoline (2003–2009) “schijf”, in Etymologisch woordenboek van het Nederlands[2] (in Dutch), Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press
Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old English sċēaf, from Proto-Germanic *skaubaz.
Pronunciation
Noun
scheef (plural scheves or schefes)
- A sheaf (a grain bundle)
- A sheaf as part of a paying in kind of tax.
- A group of arrows or the container they belong in.
- A specified amount of steel or glass used as a measurement.
- (rare) A bunch of any other kind of agricultural produce.
- (rare) A bunch of any other small, long item.
Descendants
References
- “shelf(e (n.)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-04.
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