kefe
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Kefe (A) and ecset (B)
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Hungarian
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Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish كفه (kefe, “brush”).
Pronunciation
Noun
kefe (plural kefék)
- brush (for rough cleaning)
Declension
| Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | kefe | kefék |
| accusative | kefét | keféket |
| dative | kefének | keféknek |
| instrumental | kefével | kefékkel |
| causal-final | keféért | kefékért |
| translative | kefévé | kefékké |
| terminative | keféig | kefékig |
| essive-formal | kefeként | kefékként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | kefében | kefékben |
| superessive | kefén | keféken |
| adessive | kefénél | keféknél |
| illative | kefébe | kefékbe |
| sublative | kefére | kefékre |
| allative | keféhez | kefékhez |
| elative | keféből | kefékből |
| delative | keféről | kefékről |
| ablative | kefétől | keféktől |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
keféé | keféké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
kefééi | kefékéi |
| Possessive forms of kefe | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | kefém | keféim |
| 2nd person sing. | keféd | keféid |
| 3rd person sing. | keféje | keféi |
| 1st person plural | kefénk | keféink |
| 2nd person plural | kefétek | keféitek |
| 3rd person plural | keféjük | keféik |
Derived terms
Compound words
See also
Further reading
- kefe in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish كفه, from Arabic كَفَّة (kaffa), from Arabic كَفّ (kaff).
Noun
kefe
References
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “كفه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1557