sife

Fataluku

Numeral

sife

1. nine

Middle English

Noun

sife

1. Alternative form of sive

Old English

Alternative forms

• sibi

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *sibi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsi.fe/, [ˈsi.ve]

Noun

sife n

1. sieve

Declension

Strong i-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	sife	sifu
accusative	sife	sifu
genitive	sifes	sifa
dative	sife	sifum

Descendants

• Middle English: sive, syve, syfe, syffe (Northern), ceve, cyve, seve (Late Middle English), sife (Early Middle English)
  • English: sieve
  • Middle Scots: siffe, syffe, sif, syf
    • Scots: sieve