"sefte" meaning in Old Frisian

See sefte in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈseːfte/ Forms: sēfte [canonical], sēft [alternative]
Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *samft(ī) (compare Proto-Germanic *sōmiz (“agreeable, fitting”)), from Proto-Indo-European *sóm-tu-, possibly from *sem- (“one, whole”). Etymology templates: {{dercat|ofs|gem-pro|ine-pro}}, {{inh|ofs|gmw-pro|*samft(ī)}} Proto-West Germanic *samft(ī), {{cog|gem-pro|*sōmiz||agreeable, fitting}} Proto-Germanic *sōmiz (“agreeable, fitting”), {{der|ofs|ine-pro||*sóm-tu-}} Proto-Indo-European *sóm-tu- Head templates: {{head|ofs|adjective|head=sēfte|sort=}} sēfte, {{ofs-adj|head=sēfte}} sēfte
  1. soft
    Sense id: en-sefte-ofs-adj-9fRFUo9K Categories (other): Old Frisian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Old Frisian entries with incorrect language header: 100 0

Adverb

IPA: /ˈseːfte/ Forms: sēfte [canonical], sēft [alternative]
Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *samft(ī) (compare Proto-Germanic *sōmiz (“agreeable, fitting”)), from Proto-Indo-European *sóm-tu-, possibly from *sem- (“one, whole”). Etymology templates: {{dercat|ofs|gem-pro|ine-pro}}, {{inh|ofs|gmw-pro|*samft(ī)}} Proto-West Germanic *samft(ī), {{cog|gem-pro|*sōmiz||agreeable, fitting}} Proto-Germanic *sōmiz (“agreeable, fitting”), {{der|ofs|ine-pro||*sóm-tu-}} Proto-Indo-European *sóm-tu- Head templates: {{head|ofs|adverb|head=sēfte}} sēfte
  1. softly
    Sense id: en-sefte-ofs-adv-rPb3gR~2
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