Old English · noun
ciefes
Normalised ċiefes
- Part of speech
- noun, feminine
- Declension
- strong ō-stem
- IPA
- /ˈt͡ʃi͜y.fes/[ˈt͡ʃi͜y.ves]
- Syllables
- ˈt͡ʃi͜y · fes (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- concubine
Meaning
-
concubine
Declension
All forms (4)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *kabisi, from Proto-Germanic *kabisjō (“concubine”).
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