saff

From Arabic صَفّ (ṣaff).

• IPA^(key): /saf/

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

saff

1. alternative form of sauf

saff

1. alternative form of sauf

saff

1. alternative form of sauf

• sâff (superseded)

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

• IPA^(key): /saːf/
• Rhymes: -aːf

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

1. safe

   Synonyms: diogel, sicr

• 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