шифа

Bashkir

Etymology

From Arabic شِفَاء (šifāʔ, “cure”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʃi.fä], (East) IPA^(key): [ɕi.ˈfä]
• Hyphenation: ши‧фа

Noun

шифа • (şifa)

1. healing effect or property of an herb, object, place, etc.

Declension

Declension of шифа

	singular	plural
absolute	шифа (şifa)	шифалар (şifalar)
definite genitive	шифаның (şifanıñ)	шифаларҙың (şifalarźıñ)
dative	шифаға (şifağa)	шифаларға (şifalarğa)
definite accusative	шифаны (şifanı)	шифаларҙы (şifalarźı)
locative	шифала (şifala)	шифаларҙа (şifalarźa)
ablative	шифанан (şifanan)	шифаларҙан (şifalarźan)

Derived terms

• шифалы (şifalı)
• шифахана (şifaxana)

Pannonian Rusyn

Etymology

Probably from German Schiff. Cognates include Czech and Slovak šíf and dialectal Serbo-Croatian шиф / šif.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʃifa]
• Rhymes: -ifa
• Hyphenation: ши‧фа

Noun

шифа (šifa) f (obsolete)

1. ship

   Synonyms: (literary) корабель (korabelʹ), ладя (ladja)

Declension

Declension of шифа

	singular	plural
nominative	шифа šifa	шифи šifi
genitive	шифи šifi	шифох šifox
dative	шифи šifi	шифом šifom
accusative	шифу šifu	шифи šifi
instrumental	шифу šifu	шифами šifami
locative	шифи šifi	шифох šifox
vocative	шифо šifo	шифи šifi

Related terms

(nouns):

• шиф-карта f (šif-karta)

References

• Medʹeši, H., Fejsa, M., Timko-Djitko, O. (2010) “шифа”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк [Rusyn-Serbian Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy