Saf

See also: saf and SAF

Bavarian

Alternative forms

Saaf (spelling variant)
Soaffa (West Central Bavarian, Southern Bavarian, Tyrol)
Soaf (Southern Bavarian, Tyrol)

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)

soap

Derived terms

auf der Saf steh
auf d'Saf steign
Safnsiader

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