סוף

Hebrew

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Noun

סוֹף • (sóf) m (plural indefinite סוֹפִים‎, singular construct סוֹף־, plural construct סוֹפֵי־‎)

  1. An end, a finish.
Synonyms
Derived terms
terms derived from סוֹף

Etymology 2

From Late Egyptian ṯwfj (“papyrus; papyrus thicket”).[1][2]

Noun

סוּף • (súf) m

  1. reed, (biblical) bulrush, papyrus
Derived terms

References
  1. Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1931) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 5, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 359.6–359.10
  2. Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 322

Yiddish

Etymology

From Hebrew סוֹף‎ (sóf).

Noun

סוף • (sof) m

  1. end
    ‏פֿון אָנהייב ביזן סוף‎ ― fun onheyb bizn sof ― from beginning to end

Derived terms
  • סוף־סוף‎ (sof-sof)
  • לסוף‎ (lesof)
  • סוף־כּל־סוף‎ (sofklsof)
  • סופֿלאָז‎ (sofloz)
  • אַז דער סוף איז גוט איז אַלץ גוט‎ (az der sof iz gut iz alts gut)
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