шафа

Belarusian

Etymology

From Polish szafa, from Middle High German schaf, from Old High German scaph, from Proto-West Germanic *skap (“shape”), from Proto-Germanic *skapą. Cognate with Ukrainian ша́фа (šáfa) and Russian шкаф (škaf).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʂafa]

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

ша́фа • (šáfa) f inan (genitive ша́фы, nominative plural ша́фы, genitive plural шаф)

1. cabinet, cupboard
2. wardrobe, closet

Declension

Declension of ша́фа (inan hard fem-form accent-a)

	singular	plural
nominative	ша́фа šáfa	ша́фы šáfy
genitive	ша́фы šáfy	шаф šaf
dative	ша́фе šáfje	ша́фам šáfam
accusative	ша́фу šáfu	ша́фы šáfy
instrumental	ша́фай, ша́фаю šáfaj, šáfaju	ша́фамі šáfami
locative	ша́фе šáfje	ша́фах šáfax
count form	—	ша́фы1 šáfy1

¹Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.

References

• “шафа”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)
• “шафа” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org

Mongolian

Etymology

Borrowed from Chinese 沙發／沙发 (shāfā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃafa/

Noun

шафа • (šafa) (Mongolian spelling ᠱᠠᠹᠠ (šafa))

1. (China) sofa

   Synonyms: буйдан (bujdan), диван (divan)

Ukrainian

Etymology

From Polish szafa, from Middle High German schaf, from Old High German scaph, from Proto-West Germanic *skap (“shape”), from Proto-Germanic *skapą. Cognate with Belarusian ша́фа (šáfa) and Russian шкаф (škaf).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʃafɐ]

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

ша́фа • (šáfa) f inan (genitive ша́фи, nominative plural ша́фи, genitive plural шаф)

1. cabinet, cupboard
2. wardrobe, closet

Declension

Declension of ша́фа (inan hard fem-form accent-a)

	singular	plural
nominative	ша́фа šáfa	ша́фи šáfy
genitive	ша́фи šáfy	шаф šaf
dative	ша́фі šáfi	ша́фам šáfam
accusative	ша́фу šáfu	ша́фи šáfy
instrumental	ша́фою šáfoju	ша́фами šáfamy
locative	ша́фі šáfi	ша́фах šáfax
vocative	ша́фо šáfo	ша́фи šáfy

Derived terms

• книжко́ва ша́фа f (knyžkóva šáfa, “bookcase”)

References

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “шафа”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• “шафа”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
• “шафа”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)