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سيف

سيف

See also: سيق and شيق

Arabic

Noun

سَيْف (sayf) m (plural سُيُوف (suyūf) or أَسْيَاف (ʾasyāf) or أَسْيُف (ʾasyuf))

  1. sword, sabre, foil, rapier, scimitar
  2. swordfish

Declension

Descendants

  • Amharic ሰይፍ (säyf).
  • English: seif, Saiph
  • Hebrew: סַיִף (sayif)
  • Maltese: sejf
  • Ottoman Turkish: سیف (seyf)
    • Turkish: seyf
  • Persian: سیف (seyf)
  • Tajik: сайф (sayf)

Pronunciation 2

Noun

سِيف (sīf) m (plural أَسْيَاف (ʾasyāf))

  1. coast
  2. riverbank
  3. shore

Declension

Related terms

  • سياف
  • مسايفَة

References

  • Johannes Dümichen, Historische Inschriften altägyptischer Denkmäler vol. 1, Leipzig (1867), 26-27.
  • John Linton Myres, Who were the Greeks?, University of California Press, 1930, p. 590