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Hebrew
Verb
זייף / זִיֵּף • (ziyéf) (pi'el construction)
- to forge
References
- “זייף” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
Yiddish
Etymology
From Middle High German seife, from Old High German seifa, seiffa, from Proto-West Germanic *saipā, from Proto-Germanic *saipǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *seyb- (“to pour out, dribble, strain, trickle”).
Noun
זייף • (zeyf) m or f
- soap