schif

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Luxembourgish

Etymology

From German schief, from Middle High German schief, from Middle Low German schêf. While general Luxembourgish has borrowed the word from German, it was native in the northernmost dialects, where the form scheef (inflected scheewen) exists or existed.

Pronunciation

Adjective

schif (masculine schifen, neuter schiift, comparative méi schif, superlative am schiifsten)

  1. skew, oblique, slanted, crooked

Middle High German

Alternative forms

Etymology

    From Old High German skif, from Proto-West Germanic *skip, from Proto-Germanic *skipą, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *skey-, possibly from *sek- + *-éyti.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): (early) /s̠xif/, (classical) /ʃif/

    Noun

    schif n (genitive singular schiffes, plural schif)

    1. ship

    Declension

    Declension of schif (neuter, class 1 strong)
    singular plural
    indef. def. noun def. noun
    nominative ein daȥ schif diu schif
    genitive eines dës schiffes dër schiffe
    dative eime dëm schiffe dën schiffen
    accusative ein daȥ schif diu schif

    Descendants

    • Bavarian: Schiff, Scheff
    • Central Franconian: Scheff, Schoff, Schöff (parts of Eifel, southwestern Ripuarian)
    • German: Schiff
    • Yiddish: שיף (shif)

    Romanian

    Etymology

    Borrowed from French skiff.

    Noun

    schif n (plural schifuri)

    1. skiff

    Declension

    Declension of schif
    singular plural
    indefinite definite indefinite definite
    nominative-accusative schif schiful schifuri schifurile
    genitive-dative schif schifului schifuri schifurilor
    vocative schifule schifurilor
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