silf

English

Noun

silf (plural silves)

1. Obsolete spelling of self.

Anagrams

• FILs, fils

Maltese

Etymology

From Arabic سِلْف (silf).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɪlf/
• Rhymes: -ɪlf

Noun

silf m (plural slejjef, feminine silfa)

1. brother-in-law

   Synonym: ħaten (distinctions between both vary)

See also

• kunjat

Middle English

Etymology

From Old English self, seolf, sylf (“same, self, very, own”), from Proto-Germanic *selbaz (“self”), from Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ- (“one's own”), from Proto-Indo-European *s(w)e- (“separate, apart”).

Noun

silf

1. alternative form of self

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French sylphe, from Latin sylphus.

Noun

silf m (plural silfi)

1. sylph

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	silf	silful		silfi	silfii
genitive-dative	silf	silfului		silfi	silfilor
vocative	silfule			silfilor