tjafs
Swedish
editEtymology 1
editDeverbal from tjafsa (“argue”).
Noun
edittjafs n
- (colloquial, chiefly uncountable) fuss, bickering, squabbling
- Synonym: käbbel
Declension
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Nominative | tjafs | tjafset | tjafs | tjafsen |
Genitive | tjafs | tjafsets | tjafs | tjafsens |
Etymology 2
editLikely from English chaps, from Spanish chaparreras. Arguably from obsolete tjafsa (“move to and fro”).
Noun
edittjafs n
- bell-bottoms, flares (part of pants that are flared from the knee downwards)
Declension
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Nominative | tjafs | tjafset | tjafs | tjafsen |
Genitive | tjafs | tjafsets | tjafs | tjafsens |