kufisk

Swedish

Etymology

From Arabic كُوفِيّ (kūfiyy). In peculiar sense, originally Uppsala student slang attested since the 1880s. Common usage attested since about 1900. Compare German kufisch.

Adjective

kufisk (comparative mer kufisk, superlative mest kufisk)

(archaic) Kufic (relating to the Arabic city of Kufa)
ett kufiskt mynt
a Kufic coin
(derogatory) strange, odd
en kufisk typ
a strange guy

Declension

Inflection of kufisk
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative²
Common singular	kufisk	mer kufisk	mest kufisk
Neuter singular	kufiskt	mer kufiskt	mest kufiskt
Plural	kufiska	mer kufiska	mest kufiska
Masculine plural³	kufiske	mer kufiska	mest kufiska
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular¹	kufiske	mer kufiske	mest kufiske
All	kufiska	mer kufiska	mest kufiska
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

Derived terms

kuf

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