סוף
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Etymology 1
| Root |
|---|
| ס־ו־ף (s-w-p) |
From Aramaic סוֹף (sōp̄)[1][2]
Pronunciation
- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /ˈsof/
Noun
סוֹף • (sóf) m (plural indefinite סוֹפִים, singular construct סוֹף־, plural construct סוֹפֵי־)
Synonyms
- קֵץ (qeṣ)
Derived terms
- אינסוף (einsóf)
- אינסופי (einsofí)
- בסוף (basóf)
- בסופו של דבר (b'sofó shel davár)
- בסופו של יום (b'sofó shel yom)
- לבסוף (levasóf)
- סוֹף שָׁבוּעַ (sóf shavúa')
- סוף סוף (sof sof)
- סופי (sofí)
- סופית (sofít)
Descendants
- → Yiddish: סוף (sof)
Etymology 2
| Root |
|---|
| ס־ו־ף (s-w-p) |
From Late Egyptian ṯwfj (“papyrus; papyrus thicket”).[3][4]
Noun
סוּף • (súf) m
Derived terms
- יַם סוּף (yam súf)
References
- Haupt, Paul (1917) “Syriac sífṯâ, lip, and sáu̮pâ, end”, in Journal of the Society of Oriental Research, volume 1, page 92
- Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1931) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 5, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 359.6–359.10
- Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 322
- “סוף” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
Further reading
סוף on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia he
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