Saf

See also: saf, sáf, and SAF

Bavarian

Alternative forms

• Saaf (spelling variant)
• Soaffa (West Central Bavarian, Southern Bavarian, Tyrol)
• Soaf (Southern Bavarian, Tyrol)

Etymology

From Middle High German seife, from Old High German seifa, seiffa, from Proto-West Germanic *saipā, from Proto-Germanic *saipǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *seyb- (“to pour out, dribble, strain, trickle”). Cognates include German Seife, Yiddish זייף (zeyf), Dutch zeep, Low German Seep, West Frisian sjippe, English soap.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɑːf/

Noun

Saf f (plural Safn) (East Central Bavarian, Vienna, Southern Bavarian, Carinthia)

1. soap

Derived terms

• auf der Saf steh
• auf d'Saf steign
• Safnsiader