kefa

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See also: kẹfa

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish كفه (Turkish kefe).

Noun

kèfa f (Cyrillic spelling кѐфа)

  1. brush
    Synonym: četka

Slovak

Etymology

Borrowed from Hungarian kefe, from Ottoman Turkish كفه (kefe).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: ke‧fa

Noun

kefa f (diminutive kefka)

  1. brush (implement for cleaning, polishing, scrubbing, etc.)
    Synonyms: štetec, štetka

Declension

Declension of kefa
singular plural
nominative kefa kefy
genitive kefy kief
dative kefe kefám
accusative kefu kefy
locative kefe kefách
instrumental kefou kefami

Derived terms

adjective
noun

References

  1. ^ First attested in the 17th century. Králik, Ľubor (2016) “kefa”, in Stručný etymologický slovník slovenčiny (in Slovak), Bratislava: VEDA; JÚĽŠ SAV, →ISBN, page 263

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