кафяв

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Bulgarian

Etymology

Contraction of кафе (kafe, “coffee”) +‎ -ав (-av), attested since the 18th–19th century. Compare Macedonian кафеав (kafeav).

Replaced the native Bulgarian смядов (smjadov).

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Adjective

кафя́в • (kafjáv)

  1. brown (color)
    кафяв:  
    кафя́ва чу́ма ― kafjáva čúma ― brown plague (Hitlerism)

Declension

Positive forms of кафя́в
masculine feminine neuter plural
indefinite кафя́в
kafjáv 		кафя́ва
kafjáva 		кафя́во
kafjávo 		кафя́ви
kafjávi
definite
(subject form) 		кафя́вият
kafjávijat 		кафя́вата
kafjávata 		кафя́вото
kafjávoto 		кафя́вите
kafjávite
definite
(object form) 		кафя́вия
kafjávija
Comparative forms of кафя́в
masculine feminine neuter plural
indefinite по́-кафя́в
pó-kafjáv 		по́-кафя́ва
pó-kafjáva 		по́-кафя́во
pó-kafjávo 		по́-кафя́ви
pó-kafjávi
definite
(subject form) 		по́-кафя́вият
pó-kafjávijat 		по́-кафя́вата
pó-kafjávata 		по́-кафя́вото
pó-kafjávoto 		по́-кафя́вите
pó-kafjávite
definite
(object form) 		по́-кафя́вия
pó-kafjávija
Superlative forms of кафя́в
masculine feminine neuter plural
indefinite на́й-кафя́в
náj-kafjáv 		на́й-кафя́ва
náj-kafjáva 		на́й-кафя́во
náj-kafjávo 		на́й-кафя́ви
náj-kafjávi
definite
(subject form) 		на́й-кафя́вият
náj-kafjávijat 		на́й-кафя́вата
náj-kafjávata 		на́й-кафя́вото
náj-kafjávoto 		на́й-кафя́вите
náj-kafjávite
definite
(object form) 		на́й-кафя́вия
náj-kafjávija

Alternative forms

See also

Colors in Bulgarian · цветове (cvetove) (layout · text)
     бял (bjal)      сив (siv), сяр (sjar), сур (sur), грив (griv)      черен (čeren), вран (vran), вакъл (vakǎl), смугъл (smugǎl)
             ален (alen); червен (červen), румен (rumen), риж (riž); багър (bagǎr)              оранжев (oranžev), гранив (graniv), руд (rud); кафяв (kafjav), смядов (smjadov)              жълт (žǎlt); бежов (bežov), кремав (kremav)
             резедав (rezedav)              зелен (zelen)             
             плав (plav)              небесносин (nebesnosin), лазурен (lazuren)              син (sin); модър (modǎr)
             виолетов (violetov), вишняв (višnjav); индиго (indigo)              цикламен (ciklamen); лилав (lilav), пурпурен (purpuren)              розов (rozov)

References

  • “кафяв”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
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