syif

Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from English shift, from Middle English schiften, from Old English sċiftan (“to divide, separate into shares; appoint, ordain; arrange, organise”), from Proto-Germanic *skiftijaną, *skiptijaną, from earlier *skipatjaną (“to organise, put in order”), from Proto-Indo-European *skeyb- (“to separate, divide, part”), from Proto-Indo-European *skey- (“to cut, divide, separate, part”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʃef]
• Rhymes: -if
• Hyphenation: syif

Noun

syif (Jawi spelling شيف, plural syif-syif, informal 1st possessive syifku, 2nd possessive syifmu, 3rd possessive syifnya)

1. A shift:
   1. Group that works (at factories, etc.) in turn with other groups.
   2. Scheduled period of work.

      Saya berani bekerja syif siang saja.

      I'm brave enough to work day shifts only.

Further reading

• “syif” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.