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Swedish
Etymology
From Arabic كُوفِيّ (kūfiyy).
In peculiar sense, originally Uppsala student slang attested since the 1880s. Common usage attested since about 1900.
Compare German kufisch.
Adjective
kufisk (comparative mer kufisk, superlative mest kufisk)
- (archaic) Kufic (relating to the Arabic city of Kufa)
ett kufiskt mynt- a Kufic coin
- (derogatory) strange, odd
en kufisk typ- a strange guy
Declension
| Inflection of kufisk
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| Indefinite
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Positive
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Comparative
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Superlative2
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| Common singular
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kufisk
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mer kufisk
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mest kufisk
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| Neuter singular
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kufiskt
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mer kufiskt
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mest kufiskt
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| Plural
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kufiska
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mer kufiska
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mest kufiska
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| Masculine plural3
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kufiske
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mer kufiska
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mest kufiska
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| Definite
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Positive
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Comparative
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Superlative
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| Masculine singular1
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kufiske
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mer kufiske
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mest kufiske
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| All
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kufiska
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mer kufiska
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mest kufiska
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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
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