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

Maltese

Root
s-f-j
7 terms

Etymology

From Arabic صَافِي (ṣāfī).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsaː.fɪ/

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

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
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:
  • 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

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish صافی (ṣāfi, “clear, limpid, free from turbidity, pure, free from admixture, alloy or adulteration, mere, uncontaminated, (of heart) sincere”),[1][2] from Arabic صَافِي (ṣāfī).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /saːˈfiː/
  • Hyphenation: sa‧fi

Adjective

safi

  1. pure, unadulterated, limpid
    Synonyms: saf, halis, katıksız, duru, temiz
  2. net, after deductions

Declension

Predicative forms of safi
present tense
positive declarative positive interrogative
ben (I am) safiyim safi miyim?
sen (you are) safisin safi misin?
o (he/she/it is) safi / safidir safi mi?
biz (we are) safiyiz safi miyiz?
siz (you are) safisiniz safi misiniz?
onlar (they are) safi(ler) safi(ler) mi?
past tense
positive declarative positive interrogative
ben (I was) safiydim safi miydim?
sen (you were) safiydin safi miydin?
o (he/she/it was) safiydi safi miydi?
biz (we were) safiydik safi miydik?
siz (you were) safiydiniz safi miydiniz?
onlar (they were) safiydiler safi miydiler?
indirect past
positive declarative positive interrogative
ben (I was) safiymişim safi miymişim?
sen (you were) safiymişsin safi miymişsin?
o (he/she/it was) safiymiş safi miymiş?
biz (we were) safiymişiz safi miymişiz?
siz (you were) safiymişsiniz safi miymişsiniz?
onlar (they were) safiymişler safi miymişler?
conditional
positive declarative positive interrogative
ben (if I) safiysem safi miysem?
sen (if you) safiysen safi miysen?
o (if he/she/it) safiyse safi miyse?
biz (if we) safiysek safi miysek?
siz (if you) safiyseniz safi miyseniz?
onlar (if they) safiyseler safi miyseler?

For negative forms, use the appropriate form of değil.

Adverb

safi

  1. exclusively, solely, only

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “صافی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1159
  2. ^ Kélékian, Diran (1911) “صافی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎[2] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 749

Further reading

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