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Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic سَقِيفَة (saqīfa, “covered passage”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /seˈɡi.fe/
- Rhymes: -ife
- Hyphenation: se‧ghì‧fe
Noun
seghife f (invariable)
- (geology) a type of natural cavity, typically found in Eastern Cyrenaica, and in Marmarica
Further reading
- seghife in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
- seghife in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication