kaf

English

Noun

kaf (plural kafs)

  1. The twenty-second letter of the Arabic alphabet. ك‎ (k)
  2. Alternative spelling of kaph

See also
  • (letter of the Arabic alphabet) Previous: ق‎ (q). Next: ل‎ (l)

Anagrams

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch caf, from Old Dutch *kaf, from Proto-Germanic *kafą.

Cognate German Kaff, English chaff, West Frisian tsjêf.

Pronunciation
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Noun

kaf n (uncountable)

  1. chaff

Finnish

Noun

kaf

  1. kaph, kaf (eleventh letter of the Hebrew and Phoenician scripts and the Northwest Semitic abjad, twenty-second letter of the Arabic script)

Declension
Inflection of kaf (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative kaf kafit
genitive kafin kafien
partitive kafia kafeja
illative kafiin kafeihin
singular plural
nominative kaf kafit
accusative nom. kaf kafit
gen. kafin
genitive kafin kafien
partitive kafia kafeja
inessive kafissa kafeissa
elative kafista kafeista
illative kafiin kafeihin
adessive kafilla kafeilla
ablative kafilta kafeilta
allative kafille kafeille
essive kafina kafeina
translative kafiksi kafeiksi
instructive — kafein
abessive kafitta kafeitta
comitative — kafeineen

Synonyms
  • (Arabic kaf): kāf

Icelandic

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kʰaːv/
  • Rhymes: -aːv

Noun

kaf n (genitive singular kafs, no plural)

  1. the state of being submerged, immersed; submersion, immersion

Declension
declension of kaf
n-s singular
indefinite definite
nominative kaf kafið
accusative kaf kafið
dative kafi kafinu
genitive kafs kafsins

Italian

Etymology

From Hebrew כַּף‎ (kap̄).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kaf/, [käf]
  • Stress: kàf
  • Hyphenation: kaf

Noun

kaf m or f (invariable)

  1. kaph, specifically:
    1. The name of the Phoenician-script letter 𐤊
    2. The name of the Hebrew-script letter כ

See also

Luxembourgish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kaːf/

Verb

kaf

  1. past participle of kafen
  2. second-person singular imperative of kafen

Middle English

Noun

kaf

  1. Alternative form of chaf

Volapük

Noun

kaf (plural kafs)

  1. coffee

Declension
declension of kaf
singular plural
nominative kaf kafs
genitive kafa kafas
dative kafe kafes
accusative kafi kafis
vocative 1 o kaf! o kafs!
predicative 2 kafu kafus
  • 1 status as a case is disputed
  • 2 in some later, non-classical Volapük only
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