Saf

See also: saf and SAF

Bavarian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle High German seife, from Old High German seifa, seiffa, from Proto-West Germanic *saipā, from Proto-Germanic *saipǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *seyb- (“to pour out, dribble, strain, trickle”). Cognates include German Seife, Yiddish זייף (zeyf), Dutch zeep, Low German Seep, West Frisian sjippe, English soap.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sɑːf/

Noun

Saf f (plural Safn) (East Central Bavarian, Vienna, Southern Bavarian, Carinthia)

  1. soap

Derived terms

  • auf der Saf steh
  • auf d'Saf steign
  • Safnsiader
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