saff

Maltese

Root
s-f-f
4 terms

Etymology

From Arabic صَفّ (ṣaff).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saf/
• Rhymes: -af

Noun

saff m (dual saffejn, plural saffi or saffijiet or sfuf or safef)

1. layer, stratum

   raġel b’saffejn ― a well-built man

   ħajt b’saffejn ― a double wall

2. row

   saff snien ― a row of teeth

Middle English

Adjective

saff

1. alternative form of sauf

Preposition

saff

1. alternative form of sauf

Conjunction

saff

1. alternative form of sauf

Welsh

Alternative forms

• sâff (superseded)

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle English sauf, from Old French sauf, from Latin salvus, from Proto-Indo-European *solh₂wós. Doublet of seff.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saːf/
• Rhymes: -aːf

Adjective

saff (feminine singular saff, plural saff, equative saffed, comparative saffach, superlative saffaf, not mutable)

1. safe

   Synonyms: diogel, sicr

Further reading

• 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