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seift.

contrivance, measure (action to achieve some purpose)

5 characters1 syllables approx.Gaeilge language

Meaning & usage

noun/ʃɛfʲtʲ/
  1. contrivance, measure (action to achieve some purpose)

    feminine
  2. fig leaf (anything intended to conceal something undesirable)

    feminine
Where this word comes from

From English shift in its archaic sense “contrivance, device to try when other methods fail”, from Middle English schiften, from Old English sċiftan (“to divide, appoint, arrange”), from Proto-Germanic *skiftijaną.

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