zalf

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zɑlf/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: zalf
  • Rhymes: -ɑlf

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch salve, from Old Dutch salva, from Proto-West Germanic *salbu, from Proto-Germanic *salbō.

Noun

zalf f (plural zalven, diminutive zalfje n)

  1. salve, cream, ointment
  2. (The Hague, colloquial) mayonnaise
    Synonyms: mayo, mayonaise
Derived terms
  • brandwondenzalf
  • brandzalf
  • koelzalf
  • lippenzalf
  • oogzalf
  • wondzalf
  • zalfpot
  • zalftube
  • zalven
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: salf
  • Negerhollands: salv
  • → Caribbean Javanese: salep
  • → Indonesian: salep

Etymology 2

Verb

zalf

  1. inflection of zalven:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
    3. imperative
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