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