Description:

The term 'sif' refers to holding or having. It can be an abstract term, referring to abstract states as much as physical possession, and the holding does not have to be physical possession on your person.

Verb:

The primary use of sif is as a verb meaning to have or hold. It cal also have the sense of 'keep', especially combined with the modifying term 'jal'. It can be used as a copular verb for some abstract states of being (although usually 'an' will be used for this purpose) and also refers to having a physical possession - the possession does not have to be on one's person, although that meaning might be intended in context. It is a skurun transitive verb with an ergative holder and an absolutive thing held.

The related form rosíf is an intensified form of sif and implies literal, physical possession of an object on one's person.

Noun:

As a noun, 'sif' is a thing held, a possession or a state of being. In the derived form 'sifysyn', it is the word for a State as in the political division.