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Noun [Maltese]

IPA: /kɛf/ Forms: kfief [plural], kfuf [plural], keffejn [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛf Etymology: From Arabic كَفّ (kaff). Etymology templates: {{inh|mt|ar|كَفّ}} Arabic كَفّ (kaff) Head templates: {{mt-noun|g=m|p=kfief|p2=kfuf|p3=keffejn}} keff m (plural kfief or kfuf or keffejn)
  1. (usually in the construction keff tal-id) palm of the hand; or the inner part of the hand (including the fingers) Tags: masculine Synonyms: pala
    Sense id: en-keff-mt-noun-KWy0oLd4
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun [Maltese]

IPA: /kɛf/ Forms: kfief [plural], kefef [plural], keffejn [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛf Etymology: From Arabic كَفّ (kaff). Etymology templates: {{inh|mt|ar|كَفّ}} Arabic كَفّ (kaff) Head templates: {{mt-noun|g=m|p=kfief|p2=kefef|p3=keffejn}} keff m (plural kfief or kefef or keffejn)
  1. hem of a garment Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-keff-mt-noun-17ZPY08j
  2. scalepan Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-keff-mt-noun-zhCE04z6 Categories (other): Maltese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Maltese entries with incorrect language header: 6 8 73 5 8 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 6 9 66 9 10 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 6 78 6 7
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: keffa
Etymology number: 1

Noun [Maltese]

IPA: /kɛf/
Rhymes: -ɛf Etymology: From Arabic كَفّ (kaff). Etymology templates: {{inh|mt|ar|كَفّ}} Arabic كَفّ (kaff) Head templates: {{mt-verbal noun|g=m|inst=keffa}} keff m (instance noun keffa)
  1. verbal noun of keff: hemming Tags: form-of, masculine, noun-from-verb Form of: keff (extra: hemming)
    Sense id: en-keff-mt-noun-47WU4tmZ Categories (other): Forms linking to themselves
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Verb [Maltese]

IPA: /kɛf/
Rhymes: -ɛf Etymology: From Arabic كَفَّ (kaffa). Etymology templates: {{inh|mt|ar|كَفَّ}} Arabic كَفَّ (kaffa) Head templates: {{mt-verb|jkeff|mikfuf|vn=keff}} keff (imperfect jkeff, past participle mikfuf, verbal noun keff) Inflection templates: {{mt-conj|keffejt|keffejt|keff|keffet|keffejna|keffejtu|keffew|nkeff|tkeff|jkeff|tkeff|nkeffu|tkeffu|jkeffu|keff|keffu}} Forms: jkeff [imperfect], mikfuf [participle, past], keff [noun-from-verb], no-table-tags [table-tags], keffejt [first-person, masculine, perfect, singular], keffejt [masculine, perfect, second-person, singular], keff [masculine, perfect, singular, third-person], keffejna [first-person, masculine, perfect, singular], keffejtu [masculine, perfect, plural, second-person], keffew [masculine, perfect, plural, third-person], keffejt [feminine, first-person, perfect, singular], keffejt [feminine, perfect, second-person, singular], keffet [feminine, perfect, singular, third-person], keffejna [feminine, first-person, perfect, singular], keffejtu [feminine, perfect, plural, second-person], keffew [feminine, perfect, plural, third-person], nkeff [first-person, imperfect, masculine, singular], tkeff [imperfect, masculine, second-person, singular], jkeff [imperfect, masculine, singular, third-person], nkeffu [first-person, imperfect, masculine, singular], tkeffu [imperfect, masculine, plural, second-person], jkeffu [imperfect, masculine, plural, third-person], nkeff [feminine, first-person, imperfect, singular], tkeff [feminine, imperfect, second-person, singular], tkeff [feminine, imperfect, singular, third-person], nkeffu [feminine, first-person, imperfect, singular], tkeffu [feminine, imperfect, plural, second-person], jkeffu [feminine, imperfect, plural, third-person], keff [imperative, second-person, singular], keffu [imperative, plural, second-person]
  1. to hem
    Sense id: en-keff-mt-verb-OA2Fr~2r
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Adjective [Swedish]

IPA: /kɛf/ Audio: sv-keff.ogg
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic كف (“good, pleasant, fun”). The transfer to Swedish meant that the word came to have the opposite meaning. Etymology templates: {{der|sv|ar|كف||t=good, pleasant, fun}} Arabic كف (“good, pleasant, fun”) Head templates: {{head|sv|adjective|||comparative|keffare|superlative|keffast|f2accel-form=comparative|f3accel-form=superlative|head=|sort=}} keff (comparative keffare, superlative keffast), {{sv-adj}} keff (comparative keffare, superlative keffast) Forms: keffare [comparative], keffast [superlative], no-table-tags [table-tags], keff [error-unrecognized-form, indefinite, positive], keffare [comparative, error-unrecognized-form, indefinite], keffast [error-unrecognized-form, indefinite, superlative], kefft [indefinite, neuter, positive, singular], keffare [comparative, indefinite, neuter, singular], keffast [indefinite, neuter, singular, superlative], keffa [indefinite, plural, positive], keffare [comparative, indefinite, plural], keffast [indefinite, plural, superlative], keffe [archaic, indefinite, masculine, plural, positive], keffare [archaic, comparative, indefinite, masculine, plural], keffast [archaic, indefinite, masculine, plural, superlative], keffe [definite, masculine, positive, singular], keffare [comparative, definite, masculine, singular], keffaste [definite, masculine, singular, superlative], keffa [definite, error-unrecognized-form, positive], keffare [comparative, definite, error-unrecognized-form], keffaste [definite, error-unrecognized-form, superlative]
  1. (slang) bad Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-keff-sv-adj-LwXUtonS Categories (other): Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Swedish entries with incorrect language header

Verb [Tarifit]

Head templates: {{rif-verb}} keff (Tifinagh spelling ⴽⴻⴼⴼ)
  1. (intransitive) to fart Tags: intransitive Derived forms: skuffef (english: to fart) [causative], akeffif (english: fart)
    Sense id: en-keff-rif-verb-0P0cgT78 Categories (other): Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Tarifit entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mt",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "كَفّ"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic كَفّ (kaff)",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Arabic كَفّ (kaff).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "kfief",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kfuf",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "keffejn",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "m",
        "p": "kfief",
        "p2": "kfuf",
        "p3": "keffejn"
      },
      "expansion": "keff m (plural kfief or kfuf or keffejn)",
      "name": "mt-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Maltese",
  "lang_code": "mt",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "palm of the hand; or the inner part of the hand (including the fingers)"
      ],
      "id": "en-keff-mt-noun-KWy0oLd4",
      "links": [
        [
          "ta",
          "ta#Maltese"
        ],
        [
          "l-",
          "l-#Maltese"
        ],
        [
          "id",
          "id#Maltese"
        ],
        [
          "palm",
          "palm"
        ],
        [
          "hand",
          "hand"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(usually in the construction keff tal-id) palm of the hand; or the inner part of the hand (including the fingers)"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "pala"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kɛf/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛf"
    }
  ],
  "word": "keff"
}

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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mt",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "كَفّ"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic كَفّ (kaff)",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Arabic كَفّ (kaff).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "kfief",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kefef",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "keffejn",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
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      "args": {
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        "p": "kfief",
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        "p3": "keffejn"
      },
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      "name": "mt-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Maltese",
  "lang_code": "mt",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "hem of a garment"
      ],
      "id": "en-keff-mt-noun-17ZPY08j",
      "links": [
        [
          "hem",
          "hem"
        ],
        [
          "garment",
          "garment"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "6 8 73 5 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Maltese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "6 9 66 9 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 3 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 6 78 6 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "scalepan"
      ],
      "id": "en-keff-mt-noun-zhCE04z6",
      "links": [
        [
          "scalepan",
          "scalepan"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kɛf/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛf"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "keffa"
    }
  ],
  "word": "keff"
}

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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mt",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "كَفَّ"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic كَفَّ (kaffa)",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Arabic كَفَّ (kaffa).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "jkeff",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mikfuf",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "keff",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-verb"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mt-conj/I-gemm",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "keffejt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "keffejt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "keff",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "keffejna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "keffejtu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "keffew",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "keffejt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "perfect",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "keffejt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "keffet",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "keffejna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "perfect",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "keffejtu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "keffew",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nkeff",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tkeff",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jkeff",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nkeffu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tkeffu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jkeffu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nkeff",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tkeff",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tkeff",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nkeffu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tkeffu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jkeffu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "keff",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "keffu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "jkeff",
        "2": "mikfuf",
        "vn": "keff"
      },
      "expansion": "keff (imperfect jkeff, past participle mikfuf, verbal noun keff)",
      "name": "mt-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "keffejt",
        "10": "jkeff",
        "11": "tkeff",
        "12": "nkeffu",
        "13": "tkeffu",
        "14": "jkeffu",
        "15": "keff",
        "16": "keffu",
        "2": "keffejt",
        "3": "keff",
        "4": "keffet",
        "5": "keffejna",
        "6": "keffejtu",
        "7": "keffew",
        "8": "nkeff",
        "9": "tkeff"
      },
      "name": "mt-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Maltese",
  "lang_code": "mt",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to hem"
      ],
      "id": "en-keff-mt-verb-OA2Fr~2r",
      "links": [
        [
          "hem",
          "hem"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kɛf/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛf"
    }
  ],
  "word": "keff"
}

{
  "etymology_number": 3,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mt",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "كَفّ"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic كَفّ (kaff)",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Arabic كَفّ (kaff).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "m",
        "inst": "keffa"
      },
      "expansion": "keff m (instance noun keffa)",
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    }
  ],
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    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Forms linking to themselves",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "extra": "hemming",
          "word": "keff"
        }
      ],
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        "verbal noun of keff: hemming"
      ],
      "id": "en-keff-mt-noun-47WU4tmZ",
      "links": [
        [
          "keff",
          "keff#Maltese"
        ],
        [
          "hemming",
          "hemming"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "masculine",
        "noun-from-verb"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kɛf/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛf"
    }
  ],
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}

{
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "كف",
        "4": "",
        "t": "good, pleasant, fun"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Arabic كف (“good, pleasant, fun”). The transfer to Swedish meant that the word came to have the opposite meaning.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "keffare",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "keffast",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sv-adj-reg",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "keff",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "indefinite",
        "positive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "keffare",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "comparative",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "indefinite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "keffast",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "indefinite",
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kefft",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "neuter",
        "positive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "keffare",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "comparative",
        "indefinite",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "keffast",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "keffa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural",
        "positive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "keffare",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "comparative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "keffast",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural",
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "keffe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "indefinite",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "positive"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "indefinite",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "keffe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "masculine",
        "positive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "keffare",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "comparative",
        "definite",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "keffaste",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "keffa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "positive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "keffare",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "comparative",
        "definite",
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "keffaste",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "1": "sv",
        "2": "adjective",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "comparative",
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        "7": "superlative",
        "8": "keffast",
        "f2accel-form": "comparative",
        "f3accel-form": "superlative",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "keff (comparative keffare, superlative keffast)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "keff (comparative keffare, superlative keffast)",
      "name": "sv-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swedish",
  "lang_code": "sv",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 3 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Swedish adjectives",
        "Swedish entries with incorrect language header",
        "Swedish lemmas",
        "Swedish slang",
        "Swedish terms derived from Arabic",
        "Swedish terms with usage examples"
      ],
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        {
          "english": "Your taste in music is bad.",
          "text": "Din musiksmak är keff.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "bad"
      ],
      "links": [
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          "bad",
          "bad"
        ]
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        "(slang) bad"
      ],
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    }
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      "ipa": "/kɛf/"
    },
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      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/87/Sv-keff.ogg/Sv-keff.ogg.mp3",
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    }
  ],
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}

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "to fart",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ],
      "word": "skuffef"
    },
    {
      "english": "fart",
      "word": "akeffif"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "keff (Tifinagh spelling ⴽⴻⴼⴼ)",
      "name": "rif-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Tarifit",
  "lang_code": "rif",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 3 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Requests for pronunciation in Tarifit entries",
        "Tarifit entries with incorrect language header",
        "Tarifit intransitive verbs",
        "Tarifit lemmas",
        "Tarifit verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to fart"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fart",
          "fart"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) to fart"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "keff"
}

Download raw JSONL data for keff meaning in All languages combined (12.0kB)

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  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
  "msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: usually in the construction keff tal-id",
  "path": [
    "keff"
  ],
  "section": "Maltese",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "keff",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
  "msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: usually in the construction keff tal-id",
  "path": [
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  ],
  "section": "Maltese",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "keff",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1698",
  "msg": "unrecognized head form: instance noun keffa",
  "path": [
    "keff"
  ],
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  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "keff",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'common singular'",
  "path": [
    "keff"
  ],
  "section": "Swedish",
  "subsection": "adjective",
  "title": "keff",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'all'",
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  ],
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  "subsection": "adjective",
  "title": "keff",
  "trace": ""
}

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  ],
  "section": "Tarifit",
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  "title": "keff",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/20250113b",
  "msg": "Rowspan 999 over 30, set to 1",
  "path": [
    "keff"
  ],
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  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "keff",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "called_from": "inflection/20250113a",
  "msg": "Colspan 999 over 30, set to 1",
  "path": [
    "keff"
  ],
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  "subsection": "adjective",
  "title": "keff",
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}

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