safor

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *saifr, from Proto-Germanic *saifraz, from Proto-Indo-European *seyp- (“to flow, run, drip”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɑː.for/, [ˈsɑː.vor]

Noun

sāfor m or n

1. saliva; slobber, drool

Usage notes

• The precise gender is unknown, but it can be inferred to be masculine and/or neuter based on historical development and cognates in other languages.

Declension

Masculine

Declension of sāfor (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	sāfor	sāfras
accusative	sāfor	sāfras
genitive	sāfres	sāfra
dative	sāfre	sāfrum

Neuter

Declension of sāfor (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	sāfor	sāfor
accusative	sāfor	sāfor
genitive	sāfres	sāfra
dative	sāfre	sāfrum