keff
Maltese edit
Root |
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k-f-f |
3 terms |
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
keff m (plural kfief or kfuf or keffejn)
- (usually in the construction keff tal-id) palm of the hand; or the inner part of the hand (including the fingers)
- Synonym: pala
Noun edit
keff m (plural kfief or kefef or keffejn)
Alternative forms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
keff (imperfect jkeff, past participle mikfuf, verbal noun keff)
- to hem
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of keff | ||||||||
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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 edit
Noun edit
keff m (instance noun keffa)
- verbal noun of keff: hemming
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Arabic كف (“good, pleasant, fun”). The transfer to Swedish meant that the word came to have the opposite meaning.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
keff (comparative keffare, superlative keffast)
- (slang) bad, undesirable, odd
- Din musiksmak är keff.
- Your taste in music is bad.
Usage notes edit
- Sometimes also treated as an indeclinable adjective, i.e. det är keff as opposed to det är kefft.
Declension edit
Inflection of keff | |||
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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 |
References edit
- keff in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- keff in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- “Vad betyder keff?”, in Frågelådan, Swedish Language Council, 2019 November 18 (last accessed)
Tarifit edit
Etymology edit
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Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
keff (Tifinagh spelling ⴽⴻⴼⴼ)
- (intransitive) to fart
Conjugation edit
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