sêft

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West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian sēfte.

Adjective

sêft

  1. gentle
  2. tender
  3. soft

Inflection

Inflection of sêft
uninflected sêft
inflected sêfte
comparative sêfter
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial sêft sêfter it sêftst
it sêftste
indefinite c. sing. sêfte sêftere sêftste
n. sing. sêft sêfter sêftste
plural sêfte sêftere sêftste
definite sêfte sêftere sêftste
partitive sêfts sêfters

References

  • Kroonen, Guus (2013) “samÞu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 426

Further reading

  • sêft (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011