sef

See also: séf, sêf, šef, șef, şef, and šéf

Hausa

Noun

sêf m

1. safe (for money or valuables)

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Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɛːv/
• Rhymes: -ɛːv

Etymology 1

From Old Norse sef, from Proto-Germanic *safją.

Noun

sef n (genitive singular sefs, no plural)

1. rush (plant of the genus Juncus)

Declension

declension of sef

n-s	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	sef	sefið
accusative	sef	sefið
dative	sefi	sefinu
genitive	sefs	sefsins

Derived terms

• blómsef (“three-flowered rush, ”)
• dökkasef (“chestnut rush, ”)
• fitjasef (“black-grass rush, ”)
• flagasef (“two-flowered rush, ”)
• laugasef (“jointleaf rush, ”)
• lækjasef (“toad rush, ”)
• móasef (“highland rush, ”)
• mýrasef (“northern green rush, ”)
• þráðsef (“thread rush, ”)

Etymology 2

Inflected form of sofa (“to sleep”).

Verb

sef

1. first-person singular present indicative of sofa

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From English safe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sêf/

Noun

sȅf m (Cyrillic spelling се̏ф)

1. safe, strongbox

Declension

Declension of sef

	singular	plural
nominative	sȅf	sèfovi
genitive	sefa	sefova
dative	sefu	sefovima
accusative	sef	sefove
vocative	sefe	sefovi
locative	sefu	sefovima
instrumental	sefom	sefovima

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Slovene

Etymology

From English safe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /séːf/

Noun

sẹ̑f m inan

1. safe (a box, usually made of metal, in which valuables can be locked for safekeeping)

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nom. sing.	séf
gen. sing.	séfa
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	séf	séfa	séfi
genitive (rodȋlnik)	séfa	séfov	séfov
dative (dajȃlnik)	séfu	séfoma	séfom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	séf	séfa	séfe
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	séfu	séfih	séfih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	séfom	séfoma	séfi

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Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /seːv/

Adverb

sef

1. that is to say, that is, namely