ሰይፍ

Likely from Ge'ez ሰይፍ (säyf).

ሰይፍ • (säyf) ?

1. sword

Either a loan from Ancient Greek ξίφος (xíphos), or from a common original source. The same word is probably preserved in Egyptian zft, Coptic ⲥⲏϥⲉ (sēfe). Dümichen (1867) suggested an Old Semitic saïf or sêf, Myres (1930) a possible Libyan or "Sea Peoples" word.

Compare Safaitic 𐪊𐪐 (s¹f /⁠sayp⁠/), Arabic سَيْف (sayf), Hebrew סַיִף (sáyip̄), Aramaic סַיְפָּא (saypā)

ሰይፍ • (säyf) (plural አስያፍ (ʾäsyaf), and አስይፍት (ʾäsyəft))

1. sword

• Dillmann, August (1865) “ሰይፍ”, in Lexicon linguae aethiopicae cum indice latino (in Latin), Leipzig: T. O. Weigel
• Leslau, Wolf (1991) Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 522a

Likely from Ge'ez ሰይፍ (säyf).

ሰይፍ • (säyf) (plural አሰይፍ (ʾäsäyəf), and አስይፍ (ʾäsəyəf))

1. sword

• Leslau, Wolf (1982) North Ethiopic and Amharic cognates in Tigre (Supplemento n. 31 al Vol. 42 fasc. 2 (Annali))‎^[1], Napoli: Istituto universitario Orientale, page 70
• Littmann, Enno, Höfner, Maria (1962) “ሰይፍ”, in Wörterbuch der Tigrē-Sprache. Tigrē—Deutsch—Englisch (Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission der Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur; XI)‎^[2], Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag GmbH, page 196a
• Raz, Shlomo (1983) Tigre grammar and texts (Afroasiatic Dialects; 4), Malibu: Undena Publications, →ISBN, page 19