kof

Breton

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkofː/

Noun

kof m (plural kofoù)

1. (anatomy) belly

Inflection

Mutation of kof

	unmutated	soft	aspirate	hard
singular	kof	gof	c'hof	unchanged
plural	kofoù	gofoù	c'hofoù	unchanged

Synonyms

• tor

Derived terms

• (diminutive) kofig

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch cof (“barn, stable”), related to koof (“curved”), from Old Dutch *kovo, from Proto-West Germanic *kobō, from Proto-Germanic *kubô (“hut, shed”). Also see kuif.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɔf

Noun

kof f (plural koffen, diminutive kofje n)

1. koff

Related terms

• kofzeil

Descendants

• koff

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish قوف (kof), ultimately from Proto-Turkic *kobu- (“hollow, cavity”). Cognate with Old Turkic [script needed] (koɣï), [script needed] (kowï, “empty, hollow”), Karakhanid [script needed] (qowï, “empty, rotten”), Kyrgyz коо (koo, “hollow”), etc.

Adjective

kof

1. hollow, rotten

   kof ceviz ― rotten walnut

2. (figurative) empty, uninformative
   • 1925, Hüseyin Rahmi Gürpınar, Ben Deli miyim?:

     Bunlar medeni milletlerin lügat kitaplarına süs olsun diye yazılmış fantazyalı kof lakırtılardır.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

3. (figurative) feeble, exhausted
   • Cahit Uçuk

     Bir kere Âşık Hasan içi saman dolu kof adam değildir.

Derived terms

• kof çıkmak

Related terms

• koğuş
• kovan
• kovuk

Further reading

• “kof”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu

Uzbek

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic كَاف (kāf).

Noun

kof (plural koflar)

1. the Arabic letter ك

Declension

Declension of kof

	singular	plural
nominative	kof	koflar
genitive	kofning	koflarning
dative	kofga	koflarga
definite accusative	kofni	koflarni
locative	kofda	koflarda
ablative	kofdan	koflardan
similative	kofdek	koflardek

Possessive forms of kof

1st person singular
	singular	plural
nominative	kofim	koflarim
genitive	kofimning	koflarimning
dative	kofimga	koflarimga
definite accusative	kofimni	koflarimni
locative	kofimda	koflarimda
ablative	kofimdan	koflarimdan
similative	kofimdek	koflarimdek
2nd person singular
	singular	plural
nominative	kofing	koflaring
genitive	kofingning	koflaringning
dative	kofingga	koflaringga
definite accusative	kofingni	koflaringni
locative	kofingda	koflaringda
ablative	kofingdan	koflaringdan
similative	kofingdek	koflaringdek
3rd person singular
	singular	plural
nominative	kofi	koflari
genitive	kofining	koflarining
dative	kofiga	koflariga
definite accusative	kofini	koflarini
locative	kofida	koflarida
ablative	kofidan	koflaridan
similative	kofidek	koflaridek
1st person plural
	singular	plural
nominative	kofimiz	koflarimiz
genitive	kofimizning	koflarimizning
dative	kofimizga	koflarimizga
definite accusative	kofimizni	koflarimizni
locative	kofimizda	koflarimizda
ablative	kofimizdan	koflarimizdan
similative	kofimizdek	koflarimizdek
2nd person plural
	singular	plural
nominative	kofingiz	koflaringiz
genitive	kofingizning	koflaringizning
dative	kofingizga	koflaringizga
definite accusative	kofingizni	koflaringizni
locative	kofingizda	koflaringizda
ablative	kofingizdan	koflaringizdan
similative	kofingizdek	koflaringizdek
3rd person plural
	singular	plural
nominative	kofi	koflari
genitive	kofining	koflarining
dative	kofiga	koflariga
definite accusative	kofini	koflarini
locative	kofida	koflarida
ablative	kofidan	koflaridan
similative	kofidek	koflaridek