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

Declension of chefil

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) chefil	chefilul	(niște) chefili	chefilii
genitive/dative	(unui) chefil	chefilului	(unor) chefili	chefililor
vocative	chefilule		chefililor

References

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