keff

keff

Luxembourgish

Etymology

Variant of kaff, with regional vowel variation.

Numeral

keff

  1. (Jéinesch, cant) twenty
    Synonym: kaff

Maltese

Root
k-f-f
3 terms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɛf/
  • Rhymes: -ɛf

Etymology 1

    Inherited from Arabic كَفّ (kaff).

    Noun

    keff m (plural kfief or kfuf or keffejn)

    1. (usually in the construction keff tal-id) palm of the hand; or the inner part of the hand (including the fingers)
      Synonym: pala

    Noun

    keff m (plural kfief or kefef or keffejn)

    1. hem of a garment
    2. scalepan
    Alternative forms

    Etymology 2

      Inherited from Arabic كَفَّ (kaffa).

      Verb

      keff (imperfect jkeff, past participle mikfuf, verbal noun keff)

      1. to hem
      Conjugation
      Conjugation of keff (Form I)
      positive forms
      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
      negative forms
      singular plural
      1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
      perfect m keffejtx keffejtx keffx keffejniex keffejtux keffewx
      f keffitx
      imperfect m nkeffx tkeffx jkeffx nkeffux tkeffux jkeffux
      f tkeffx
      imperative tkeffx tkeffux

      Etymology 3

        Inherited from Arabic كَفّ (kaff).

        Noun

        keff m (instance noun keffa)

        1. verbal noun of keff: hemming

        Swedish

        Etymology

        Borrowed from Arabic كف (good, pleasant, fun). The transfer to Swedish meant that the word came to have the opposite meaning.

        Pronunciation

        • IPA(key): /kɛf/
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        Adjective

        keff (comparative keffare, superlative keffast)

        1. (slang) bad
          Din musiksmak är keff.
          Your taste in music is bad.

        Usage notes

        • Sometimes also treated as an indeclinable adjective, i.e. det är keff as opposed to det är kefft.

        Declension

        Inflection of keff
        Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
        common singular keff keffare keffast
        neuter singular kefft keffare keffast
        plural keffa keffare keffast
        masculine plural2 keffe keffare keffast
        Definite positive comparative superlative
        masculine singular3 keffe keffare keffaste
        all keffa keffare keffaste

        1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
        2 Dated or archaic.
        3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

        References

        Tarifit

        Etymology

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        Pronunciation

        Verb

        keff (Tifinagh spelling ⴽⴻⴼⴼ)

        1. (intransitive) to fart

        Conjugation

        This verb needs an inflection-table template.

        Derived terms

        • Causative: skuffef (to fart)
        • akeffif (fart)