safed
/ˈsɑːfɛd/
safed is the simple past and past participle of safe.
Meaning of safe
Verb
safe (third-person singular simple present safes, present participle safing, simple past and past participle safed)
- To make something safe.
- “It just trails behind the pylon until I land, then Cramer removes it when he safes the rocket pods. No evidence of anything when I taxi back inside the compound.”2007, Rocky Raab, Mike Five Eight: Air War Over Cambodia: Air War Over Cambodia
Proper noun capitalized: Safed
Safed
- A city in the historical region of Upper Galilee, Northern District, Israel.
Forms of safed
| alternative form | Safad |
|---|---|
| alternative form | Tsfat |
| alternative form | Tzfat |
| alternative form | Sfat |
| alternative form | Tsfas |
| alternative form | Sfas |
| alternative form | Zefat |
| alternative form | Ẕefat |
| alternative form | Safet |
| alternative form | Saphet |
| alternative form | Safat |
| alternative form | Zephath |
Origin of safed
From Arabic صَفَد (ṣafad), ultimately from Biblical Hebrew צְפַת (ṣəp̄aṯ).
Questions about safed
- What does safed mean?
- Safed means a city in the historical region of Upper Galilee, Northern District, Israel.
- What is safed the simple past and past participle of?
- Safed is the simple past and past participle of safe.
- What part of speech is safed?
- Safed is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce safed?
- Safed is pronounced /ˈsɑːfɛd/.
Words near safed in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: safed (page history and authors); Safed (page history and authors); safe (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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