kofer

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew כֹּפֶר

Noun

kofer (plural kofrim)

  1. (Judaism) A nonbeliever.
    • 2003 February 16, David Goldman, “#Zionists: Ethiopian Christian Converts Yes! Native Palestinians No!”, in soc.culture.israel‎ (Usenet):
      Yishai is a kofer and apikorus, and so is Ravitz, and their whole gang of hypocritical collaborator two-faced opportunistic self-serving money-grabbing narcissistic snob idolator-loving desecrators of the Torah that make up UTJ and Shas.

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Koffer, from French coffre, from Old French cofre, from Latin cophinus (“basket”), from Ancient Greek κόφινος (kóphinos, “basket”).

Pronunciation

Noun

kofer m inan (genitive singular kofra or kofera, diminutive koferk)

  1. suitcase

Declension

With syncope of e:

Declension of kofer
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative kofer kofra kofry
Genitive kofra kofrowu kofrow
Dative kofroju kofroma kofram
Accusative kofer kofra kofry
Instrumental kofrom kofroma koframi
Locative kofrje kofroma kofrach

Without syncope of e:

Declension of kofer
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative kofer kofera kofery
Genitive kofera koferowu koferow
Dative koferoju koferoma koferam
Accusative kofer kofera kofery
Instrumental koferom koferoma koferami
Locative koferje koferoma koferach

Derived terms

Further reading

  • Starosta, Manfred (1999) “kofer”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from German Koffer.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kǒfer/
  • Hyphenation: ko‧fer

Noun

kòfer m (Cyrillic spelling ко̀фер)

  1. suitcase
    • 2015-12-28, Fazlija (lyrics and music), “Helikopter”, in Helikopter‎:
      Helikopter, helikopter
      Para kofer, para kofer
      Helikopter, helikopter, šaljem ako treba
      Para kofer, para kofer, da bacaš sa neba
      Helikopter, helikopter, kol'ko treba zlata
      Samo da od doma otvoriš mi vrata?
      Helicopter, helicopter
      Money coffer, money coffer
      A helicopter, helicopter, I will send if needed
      Money coffer, money coffer you can throw from the sky
      Helicopter, helicopter, how much gold is needed
      For you to open the door of your home?

Declension

Declension of kofer
singular plural
nominative kòfer koferi
genitive kofera kȍfērā
dative koferu koferima
accusative kofer kofere
vocative koferu koferi
locative koferu koferima
instrumental koferom koferima
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