sefa
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Icelandic
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]sefa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative sefaði, supine sefað)
- to soothe
Conjugation
[edit]sefa — active voice (germynd)
infinitive (nafnháttur) |
að sefa | ||||
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supine (sagnbót) |
sefað | ||||
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar) |
sefandi | ||||
indicative (framsöguháttur) |
subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur) | ||||
present (nútíð) |
ég sefa | við sefum | present (nútíð) |
ég sefi | við sefum |
þú sefar | þið sefið | þú sefir | þið sefið | ||
hann, hún, það sefar | þeir, þær, þau sefa | hann, hún, það sefi | þeir, þær, þau sefi | ||
past (þátíð) |
ég sefaði | við sefuðum | past (þátíð) |
ég sefaði | við sefuðum |
þú sefaðir | þið sefuðuð | þú sefaðir | þið sefuðuð | ||
hann, hún, það sefaði | þeir, þær, þau sefuðu | hann, hún, það sefaði | þeir, þær, þau sefuðu | ||
imperative (boðháttur) |
sefa (þú) | sefið (þið) | |||
Forms with appended personal pronoun | |||||
sefaðu | sefiði * | ||||
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred. |
infinitive (nafnháttur) |
að sefast | ||||
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supine (sagnbót) |
sefast | ||||
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar) |
sefandist ** ** the mediopassive present participle is extremely rare and normally not used; it is never used attributively or predicatively, only for explicatory subclauses | ||||
indicative (framsöguháttur) |
subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur) | ||||
present (nútíð) |
ég sefast | við sefumst | present (nútíð) |
ég sefist | við sefumst |
þú sefast | þið sefist | þú sefist | þið sefist | ||
hann, hún, það sefast | þeir, þær, þau sefast | hann, hún, það sefist | þeir, þær, þau sefist | ||
past (þátíð) |
ég sefaðist | við sefuðumst | past (þátíð) |
ég sefaðist | við sefuðumst |
þú sefaðist | þið sefuðust | þú sefaðist | þið sefuðust | ||
hann, hún, það sefaðist | þeir, þær, þau sefuðust | hann, hún, það sefaðist | þeir, þær, þau sefuðust | ||
imperative (boðháttur) |
sefast (þú) | sefist (þið) | |||
Forms with appended personal pronoun | |||||
sefastu | sefisti * | ||||
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred. |
sefaður — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)
strong declension (sterk beyging) |
singular (eintala) | plural (fleirtala) | |||||
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masculine (karlkyn) |
feminine (kvenkyn) |
neuter (hvorugkyn) |
masculine (karlkyn) |
feminine (kvenkyn) |
neuter (hvorugkyn) | ||
nominative (nefnifall) |
sefaður | sefuð | sefað | sefaðir | sefaðar | sefuð | |
accusative (þolfall) |
sefaðan | sefaða | sefað | sefaða | sefaðar | sefuð | |
dative (þágufall) |
sefuðum | sefaðri | sefuðu | sefuðum | sefuðum | sefuðum | |
genitive (eignarfall) |
sefaðs | sefaðrar | sefaðs | sefaðra | sefaðra | sefaðra | |
weak declension (veik beyging) |
singular (eintala) | plural (fleirtala) | |||||
masculine (karlkyn) |
feminine (kvenkyn) |
neuter (hvorugkyn) |
masculine (karlkyn) |
feminine (kvenkyn) |
neuter (hvorugkyn) | ||
nominative (nefnifall) |
sefaði | sefaða | sefaða | sefuðu | sefuðu | sefuðu | |
accusative (þolfall) |
sefaða | sefuðu | sefaða | sefuðu | sefuðu | sefuðu | |
dative (þágufall) |
sefaða | sefuðu | sefaða | sefuðu | sefuðu | sefuðu | |
genitive (eignarfall) |
sefaða | sefuðu | sefaða | sefuðu | sefuðu | sefuðu |
Northern Kurdish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]sefa f
References
[edit]- ^ An English and Turkish dictionary, by James William Redhouse, 1856.
Old English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-West Germanic *sebō, from Proto-Germanic *sebô (“mind, sense”), from Proto-Indo-European *sep- (“to try, research”). Cognate with Old Saxon sevo, Old Norse sefi, Latin sapiō.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]sefa m
- (poetic) spirit, heart, mind
- Ealle þa gemoniað mōdes fūsne sefan to sīþe
- All these things urge him who is eager of spirit to travel. (The Seafarer)
Declension
[edit]Weak:
singular | plural | |
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nominative | sefa | sefan |
accusative | sefan | sefan |
genitive | sefan | sefena |
dative | sefan | sefum |
Derived terms
[edit]Old Norse
[edit]Noun
[edit]sefa
Turkish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- safa (superseded spelling)
Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Ottoman Turkish صفا (ṣafa, “a being clear, limpid, clearness, the mind's being free from anxiety, grief, irritation, calmness, peace, enjoyment, pleasure, delight, pure affection, delight”),[1][2] from Arabic صَفَاء (ṣafāʔ, “serenity”), verbal noun of صَفَا (ṣafā, “to be pure, to be clear, to be pure of heart”).[3]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]sefa (definite accusative sefayı, plural sefalar)
- Serenity, peace of mind, tranquility.
- Synonyms: rahatlık, gönül rahatlığı, huzur, keyif
- Fun, pleasure, enjoyment.
Declension
[edit]Inflection | ||
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Nominative | sefa | |
Definite accusative | sefayı | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | sefa | sefalar |
Definite accusative | sefayı | sefaları |
Dative | sefaya | sefalara |
Locative | sefada | sefalarda |
Ablative | sefadan | sefalardan |
Genitive | sefanın | sefaların |
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “صفا”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1178
- ^ Kélékian, Diran (1911) “صفا”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 762
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “safa”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Further reading
[edit]- “sefa”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “sefa”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4117
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