keff

Maltese
Root
k-f-f
3 terms

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kɛf/
  • Rhymes: -ɛf

Etymology 1

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

From Arabic كَفَّ‎ (kaffa).

Verb

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

  1. to hem

Etymology 3

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, undesirable, odd
    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 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
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