keff

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Maltese

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Root
k-f-f
3 terms

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Arabic كَفّ (kaff).

Noun

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keff m (plural kfief or kfuf or keffejn)

  1. (usually in the construction keff tal-id) palm of the hand; or the inner part of the hand (including the fingers)
    Synonym: pala

Noun

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keff m (plural kfief or kefef or keffejn)

  1. hem of a garment
  2. scalepan
Alternative forms
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Etymology 2

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From Arabic كَفَّ (kaffa).

Verb

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keff (imperfect jkeff, past participle mikfuf, verbal noun keff)

  1. to hem
Conjugation
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    Conjugation of keff
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m keffejt keffejt keff keffejna keffejtu keffew
f keffet
imperfect m nkeff tkeff jkeff nkeffu tkeffu jkeffu
f tkeff
imperative keff keffu

Etymology 3

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From Arabic كَفّ (kaff).

Noun

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keff m (instance noun keffa)

  1. verbal noun of keff: hemming

Swedish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic كف (good, pleasant, fun). The transfer to Swedish meant that the word came to have the opposite meaning.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kɛf/
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Adjective

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keff (comparative keffare, superlative keffast)

  1. (slang) bad
    Din musiksmak är keff.
    Your taste in music is bad.

Usage notes

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  • Sometimes also treated as an indeclinable adjective, i.e. det är keff as opposed to det är kefft.

Declension

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Inflection of keff
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular keff keffare keffast
Neuter singular kefft keffare keffast
Plural keffa keffare keffast
Masculine plural3 keffe keffare keffast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 keffe keffare keffaste
All keffa keffare keffaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic

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Etymology

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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keff (Tifinagh spelling ⴽⴻⴼⴼ)

  1. (intransitive) to fart

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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