*zyf: 'to be proud, conceited; to boast'

Root

Field	Value
Reconstruction	*zyf
Meaning	'to be proud, conceited; to boast'
Basis	project

Language	Form	Sources	Note
Arabic	zāfa 'he walked with an elegant and a proud and self-conceited gait'; zāʾif 'one who walks in that manner; proud and self-conceited (in gait)' (Lane 1277)	Lane 1277
Geez	tazawwafa, tazāwafa; təzwəft (LGz. 645)	LGz. 645	gloss withheld
Tigre	zäf wäda (LGz. 645)	LGz. 645	gloss withheld

A form keeps its source's gloss only when the source is public domain or openly licensed.

Lane files the Arabic under zyf (aor. yazīfu), Leslau the Geez under zwf (LGz. 645). Not 484 *ṯVnVy- 'march proudly'.

Updated 26 October 2026