sêft

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West Frisian

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Etymology

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From Old Frisian sēfte.

Adjective

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sêft

  1. gentle
  2. tender
  3. soft

Inflection

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Inflection of sêft
uninflected sêft
inflected sêfte
comparative sêfter
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial sêft sêfter it sêftst
it sêftste
indefinite c. sing. sêfte sêftere sêftste
n. sing. sêft sêfter sêftste
plural sêfte sêftere sêftste
definite sêfte sêftere sêftste
partitive sêfts sêfters

References

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  • Guus Kroonen (2013) “samÞu-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 426

Further reading

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  • sêft (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011