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sif

/sɪf/

sif adjective: foul, disgusting.

Adjective

sif (comparative more sif, superlative most sif)

  1. (South Africa, slang) Foul, disgusting.

Noun capitalized: SIF

SIF (plural SIFs)

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of solar induced fluorescence
    Synonyms:
    solar-induced fluorescence, solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence, solar-induced vegetation fluorescence

Proper noun capitalized: Sif

Sif

  1. (Norse) A golden-haired goddess associated with earth, mother of Ullr and wife of Thor.
    • As already stated, Thor was, according to the Edda, married to Sibil, that is to say, the Sibylla, and the Edda adds that this Sibil is called Sif in the North. In the Teutonic mythology Thor's wife is the goddess Sif.1889, Viktor Rydberg, Teutonic Mythology, page 60
    • For some contemporary Heathens, Lammas is sacred to Sif and Thunor (see Our Troth online Chapter LIII). In Snorri's Skaldskaparmal (see Faulkes 1998 [1987]: 96), Loki cropped Sif’s (presumably blonde or flaxen) hair, seemingly out of spite, a cropping which compares to the harvesting of...2005, Nathan J. Johnson, Robert J. Wallis, Galdrbok: Practical Heathen Runecraft, Shamanism and Magic, page 309

Synonyms of sif

  • solar-induced fluorescence
  • solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence
  • solar-induced vegetation fluorescence

Forms of sif

Adjective
comparativemore sif
superlativemost sif
Noun
pluralSIFs

Origin of sif

From Old Norse, from sif (“kindred, kinswoman”), from Proto-Germanic *sibjō; see also Old English sibb (“kinship”) (whence Middle English sib (“having kinship; kinsmen”), whence English sib, sibling), German Sippe (“tribe”).

Words that rhyme with sif

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Questions about sif

What does sif mean?
Sif means foul, disgusting.
What part of speech is sif?
Sif can be an adjective, a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce sif?
Sif is pronounced /sɪf/.

Words near sif in the dictionary

  1. sieze
  2. siezed
  3. siezes
  4. siezing
  5. siezure
  6. sif
  7. sifaka
  8. sifakas
  9. sifalimumab
  10. Sifan
  11. siffilate

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