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Maltese
Etymology
From Arabic صَفّ (ṣaff).
Pronunciation
Noun
saff m (dual saffejn, plural saffi or saffijiet or sfuf or safef)
- layer, stratum
- raġel b’saffejn ― a well-built man
- ħajt b’saffejn ― a double wall
- row
- saff snien ― a row of teeth
Middle English
Adjective
saff
- Alternative form of sauf
Preposition
saff
- Alternative form of sauf
Conjunction
saff
- Alternative form of sauf
Welsh
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle English sauf, from Old French sauf, from Latin salvus, from Proto-Indo-European *solh₂wós. Doublet of seff.
Pronunciation
Adjective
saff (feminine singular saff, plural saff, equative saffed, comparative saffach, superlative saffaf, not mutable)
- safe
- Synonyms: diogel, sicr
Further reading
- 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