"sef" meaning in Icelandic

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Noun

IPA: /sɛːv/
Rhymes: -ɛːv Etymology: From Old Norse sef, possibly borrowed from Old Irish simin, sibin(n), from Proto-Indo-European *sem-ino?. Otherwise from Proto-Germanic *seba-, which would suggest an irregular, non-Indo-European substrate root alternation *seb-, *sem-, similar to sandr. Etymology templates: {{der|is|non|sef}} Old Norse sef, {{der|is|sga|simin}} Old Irish simin, {{m|sga|sibin(n)}} sibin(n), {{der|is|ine-pro|*sem-ino?}} Proto-Indo-European *sem-ino?, {{der|is|gem-pro|*seba-}} Proto-Germanic *seba-, {{der|is|qfa-sub|-}} substrate, {{m|und|*seb-}} *seb-, {{m|und|*sem-}} *sem-, {{m|non|sandr}} sandr Head templates: {{head|is|nouns|genitive singular|sefs|||||no plural|||-|||||g=n|g2=|g3=|head=}} sef n (genitive singular sefs, no plural), {{is-noun|n|sefs|-}} sef n (genitive singular sefs, no plural) Inflection templates: {{is-decl-noun-n-s|s|e|f|pl=-}}, {{is-decl-noun-base|n-s|accp=sef|accpd=sefin|accs=sef|accsd=sefið|datp=sefum|datpd=sefunum|dats=sefi|datsd=sefinu|def={{{def}}}|genp=sefa|genpd=sefanna|gens=sefs|gensd=sefsins|indef={{{indef}}}|nomp=sef|nompd=sefin|noms=sef|nomsd=sefið|pl=-|sg={{{sg}}}}}, {{is-decl-noun-base/sg|n-s|accs=sef|accsd=sefið|dats=sefi|datsd=sefinu|gens=sefs|gensd=sefsins|noms=sef|nomsd=sefið}} Forms: sefs [genitive, singular], no-table-tags [table-tags], sef [indefinite, nominative, singular], sefið [definite, nominative, singular], sef [accusative, indefinite, singular], sefið [accusative, definite, singular], sefi [dative, indefinite, singular], sefinu [dative, definite, singular], sefs [genitive, indefinite, singular], sefsins [definite, genitive, singular]
  1. rush (plant of the genus Juncus) Tags: neuter, no-plural Categories (lifeform): Rushes Derived forms: blómsef (english: three-flowered rush, Juncus triglumis), dökkasef (english: chestnut rush, Juncus castaneus), fitjasef (english: black-grass rush, Juncus gerardii), flagasef (english: two-flowered rush, Juncus biglumis), laugasef (english: jointleaf rush, Juncus articulatus), lækjasef (english: toad rush, Juncus bufonius), móasef (english: highland rush, Juncus trifolia), mýrasef (english: northern green rush, Juncus alpinoarticulatus), þráðsef (english: thread rush, Juncus filiformis)
    Sense id: en-sef-is-noun-v~Dr3P0N Disambiguation of Rushes: 69 31 Categories (other): Icelandic entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of Icelandic entries with topic categories using raw markup: 47 53
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /sɛːv/
Rhymes: -ɛːv Etymology: Inflected form of sofa (“to sleep”). Etymology templates: {{m|is|sofa||to sleep}} sofa (“to sleep”) Head templates: {{head|is|verb form}} sef
  1. first-person singular present indicative of sofa Tags: first-person, form-of, indicative, present, singular Form of: sofa
    Sense id: en-sef-is-verb-pVKYxmPM Categories (other): Icelandic entries with incorrect language header, Icelandic entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of Icelandic entries with incorrect language header: 37 63 Disambiguation of Icelandic entries with topic categories using raw markup: 47 53
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

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        "2": "sofa",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to sleep"
      },
      "expansion": "sofa (“to sleep”)",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Inflected form of sofa (“to sleep”).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "verb form"
      },
      "expansion": "sef",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Icelandic",
  "lang_code": "is",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "sofa"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "first-person singular present indicative of sofa"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sofa",
          "sofa#Icelandic"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "form-of",
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/sɛːv/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛːv"
    }
  ],
  "word": "sef"
}
{
  "called_from": "inflection/2466",
  "msg": "accepted heuristic header: table cell identified as header and given candidate status, AND the cleaned text is in LANGUAGES_WITH_CELLS_AS_HEADERS[Icelandic]; cleaned text: n-s",
  "path": [
    "sef"
  ],
  "section": "Icelandic",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "sef",
  "trace": ""
}

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