"safi" meaning in Swahili

See safi in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Audio: Sw-ke-safi.flac [Kenya]
Etymology: From Arabic صَافِي (ṣāfī). Etymology templates: {{der|sw|ar|صاف|صَافِي}} Arabic صَافِي (ṣāfī), {{root|sw|ar|ص ف و}} Head templates: {{head|sw|adjective|invariable|cat2=indeclinable adjectives|head=}} safi (invariable), {{sw-adj|inv}} safi (invariable), {{head|sw|adjective|declinable|cat2=|head=-safi}} -safi (declinable), {{sw-adj}} -safi (declinable) Inflection templates: {{sw-decl}} Forms: safi [canonical], -safi [canonical], no-table-tags [table-tags], msafi [error-unrecognized-form, singular], wasafi [error-unrecognized-form, plural], misafi [error-unrecognized-form, plural], safi [error-unrecognized-form, singular], masafi [error-unrecognized-form, plural], kisafi [error-unrecognized-form, singular], visafi [error-unrecognized-form, plural], safi [error-unrecognized-form, plural], pasafi [error-unrecognized-form, singular], kusafi [error-unrecognized-form, singular], musafi [error-unrecognized-form, singular]
  1. clean (not dirty) Tags: declinable, invariable
    Sense id: en-safi-sw-adj-lRCvEz69
  2. pure Tags: declinable, invariable
    Sense id: en-safi-sw-adj-uLoux-kH
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: -safisha (english: to clean) [causative, verb], -safika (english: be clean) [stative, verb] Derived forms (Nominal derivations): usafi (english: cleanliness, purity)
Disambiguation of 'Nominal derivations': 100 0

Interjection

Audio: Sw-ke-safi.flac [Kenya]
Etymology: From Arabic صَافِي (ṣāfī). Etymology templates: {{der|sw|ar|صاف|صَافِي}} Arabic صَافِي (ṣāfī), {{root|sw|ar|ص ف و}} Head templates: {{head|sw|interjection}} safi
  1. (colloquial) I'm fine (response to "how are you?") Tags: colloquial Synonyms: nzuri, sijambo, njema, poa [colloquial], freshi [slang]
    Sense id: en-safi-sw-intj-eBSNM~Du Categories (other): Swahili entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Swahili entries with incorrect language header: 2 1 98

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for safi meaning in Swahili (4.3kB)

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