chefil

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish كفیل (kefil, “bail, security, surety”), from Arabic كَفِيل (kafīl, “that vouches for, guarantee, surety”).

Noun

chefil m (plural chefili)

1. (obsolete) guarantor

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	chefil	chefilul		chefili	chefilii
genitive-dative	chefil	chefilului		chefili	chefililor
vocative	chefilule			chefililor

References

• chefil in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN