kefa

See also: kẹfa

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish كفه (Turkish kefe).

Noun

kèfa f (Cyrillic spelling кѐфа)

1. brush

   Synonym: četka

Slovak

Etymology

Borrowed from Hungarian kefe, from Ottoman Turkish كفه (kefe).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkefa]
• Hyphenation: ke‧fa

Noun

kefa f (diminutive kefka)

1. brush (implement for cleaning, polishing, scrubbing, etc.)

   Synonyms: štetec, štetka

Declension

Declension of kefa

	singular	plural
nominative	kefa	kefy
genitive	kefy	kief
dative	kefe	kefám
accusative	kefu	kefy
locative	kefe	kefách
instrumental	kefou	kefami

Derived terms

adjective

• kefový

 

noun

• kefôčka

 

Further reading

• “kefa”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024