vefa

From Old Norse vefa, from Proto-Germanic *webaną, from Proto-Indo-European *webʰ- (“to weave”). Compare Faroese veva, Norwegian veve, Swedish väva, Danish væve.

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɛːva/

  Rhymes: -ɛːva

vefa (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative óf, third-person plural past indicative ófu, supine ofið)

1. to weave

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From Proto-Germanic *webaną, from Proto-Indo-European *webʰ- (“to weave”).

vefa (singular past indicative vaf, plural past indicative váfu, past participle ofinn)

1. to weave

• Icelandic: vefa
• Faroese: veva
• Norwegian: veve
• Old Swedish: væva
  • Swedish: väva, väfva (pre-1906 spelling)
• Danish: væve

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “vefa”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish وفا (vefa), from Arabic وَفَاء (wafāʔ).

• IPA^(key): /veˈfaː/

vefa (definite accusative vefayı, plural vefalar)

1. loyalty, faithfulness

• “vefa”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “vefa”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “vefa”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat