sylf

Old English

Etymology

Late West Saxon spelling of self.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sylf/, [syɫf]

Pronoun

sylf

1. (Late West Saxon) self, oneself
   • 10th century, The Seafarer:

     Mæġ iċ be mē sylfum · sōðġied wrecan,
     sīþas seċġan, · hū iċ ġeswincdagum
     earfoðhwīle · oft þrōwade,
     bitre brēostċeare · ġebiden hæbbe,

     I can utter a true tale about myself,
     tell goings on how I by days of hardship
     oft tholed the times of hardship,
     have withstood bitter sorrow,

Declension

Declension of sylf — Strong

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	sylf	sylf	sylf
Accusative	sylfne	sylfe	sylf
Genitive	sylfes	sylfre	sylfes
Dative	sylfum	sylfre	sylfum
Instrumental	sylfe	sylfre	sylfe
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	sylfe	sylfa, sylfe	sylf
Accusative	sylfe	sylfa, sylfe	sylf
Genitive	sylfra	sylfra	sylfra
Dative	sylfum	sylfum	sylfum
Instrumental	sylfum	sylfum	sylfum

Declension of sylf — Weak

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	sylfa	sylfe	sylfe
Accusative	sylfan	sylfan	sylfe
Genitive	sylfan	sylfan	sylfan
Dative	sylfan	sylfan	sylfan
Instrumental	sylfan	sylfan	sylfan
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	sylfan	sylfan	sylfan
Accusative	sylfan	sylfan	sylfan
Genitive	sylfra, sylfena	sylfra, sylfena	sylfra, sylfena
Dative	sylfum	sylfum	sylfum
Instrumental	sylfum	sylfum	sylfum

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from French sylphe, from Latin sylphus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɘlf/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɘlf
• Syllabification: sylf

Noun

sylf m animal

1. sylph

Declension

Declension of sylf

	singular	plural
nominative	sylf	sylfy
genitive	sylfa	sylfów
dative	sylfowi	sylfom
accusative	sylfa	sylfy
instrumental	sylfem	sylfami
locative	sylfie	sylfach
vocative	sylfie	sylfy

Further reading

• sylf in Polish dictionaries at PWN