"kjeft" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Norwegian Bokmål]

Forms: kjeften [definite, singular], kjefter [indefinite, plural], kjeftene [definite, plural]
Etymology: From Old Norse kjaptr. Cognate with Danish kæft, Swedish käft, Icelandic kjaftur, and Faroese kjaftur. Etymology templates: {{inh|nb|non|kjaptr}} Old Norse kjaptr, {{cog|da|kæft}} Danish kæft, {{cog|sv|käft}} Swedish käft, {{cog|is|kjaftur}} Icelandic kjaftur, {{cog|fo|kjaftur}} Faroese kjaftur
  1. mouth (part of body) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-kjeft-nb-noun-LB2Cg7wW
  2. voice (figuratively) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-kjeft-nb-noun-86FPHCaq
  3. (uncountable) a scolding Tags: masculine, uncountable
    Sense id: en-kjeft-nb-noun-8niOu4Uw
  4. (by extension) a person Tags: broadly, masculine
    Sense id: en-kjeft-nb-noun-3zgetLtX

Noun [Norwegian Nynorsk]

IPA: /çɛft/, /çæft/ Forms: kjeften [definite, singular], kjeftar [indefinite, plural], kjeftane [definite, plural]
Etymology: From Old Norse keptr, kjaptr, kjǫptr. Compare Swedish käft Etymology templates: {{inh|nn|non|keptr}} Old Norse keptr, {{m|non|kjaptr}} kjaptr, {{m|non|kjǫptr}} kjǫptr, {{cog|sv|käft}} Swedish käft
  1. (colloquial) a (big) mouth (of a person or animal) Tags: colloquial, masculine Synonyms: munn
    Sense id: en-kjeft-nn-noun-C7rT7-JK
  2. (colloquial, uncountable) scolding Tags: colloquial, masculine, uncountable Synonyms: skjenn
    Sense id: en-kjeft-nn-noun-GPN3ZAKE
  3. edge, thin cutting side of the blade (of an axe) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-kjeft-nn-noun-ju3~vK5D
  4. (colloquial) a person Tags: colloquial, masculine
    Sense id: en-kjeft-nn-noun-3zgetLtX
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: kjept Derived forms: halda kjeft (english: shut up), stor i kjeften Related terms: kjefta

Verb [Norwegian Nynorsk]

IPA: /çɛft/, /çæft/
Etymology: From Old Norse keptr, kjaptr, kjǫptr. Compare Swedish käft Etymology templates: {{inh|nn|non|keptr}} Old Norse keptr, {{m|non|kjaptr}} kjaptr, {{m|non|kjǫptr}} kjǫptr, {{cog|sv|käft}} Swedish käft Head templates: {{head|nn|verb form}} kjeft
  1. (dialectal, Trøndelag, Northern Norway) inflection of kjefta:
    infinitive
    Tags: dialectal, form-of, infinitive
    Sense id: en-kjeft-nn-verb-yJsi1eug Categories (other): Trøndersk Norwegian
  2. (dialectal, Trøndelag, Northern Norway) inflection of kjefta:
    imperative
    Tags: dialectal, form-of, imperative
    Sense id: en-kjeft-nn-verb-s7NooygQ Categories (other): Trøndersk Norwegian
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: kjept

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nb",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "kjaptr"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse kjaptr",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "kæft"
      },
      "expansion": "Danish kæft",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "käft"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish käft",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
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      },
      "expansion": "Icelandic kjaftur",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fo",
        "2": "kjaftur"
      },
      "expansion": "Faroese kjaftur",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Norse kjaptr. Cognate with Danish kæft, Swedish käft, Icelandic kjaftur, and Faroese kjaftur.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "kjeften",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kjefter",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kjeftene",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
  "lang_code": "nb",
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        "mouth (part of body)"
      ],
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        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      ],
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      "raw_glosses": [
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      ],
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        "broadly",
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      ]
    }
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  "word": "kjeft"
}

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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "shut up",
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
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    }
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        "1": "sv",
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      "expansion": "Swedish käft",
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      "form": "kjeften",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kjeftar",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kjeftane",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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    }
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        "(colloquial) a (big) mouth (of a person or animal)"
      ],
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        {
          "word": "munn"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
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          "scolding"
        ]
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      ],
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          "word": "skjenn"
        }
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      "tags": [
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        "masculine",
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    {
      "glosses": [
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      ],
      "id": "en-kjeft-nn-noun-ju3~vK5D",
      "links": [
        [
          "edge",
          "edge"
        ],
        [
          "cut",
          "cut"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
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        {
          "english": "not [even] one person",
          "text": "ikkje ein kjeft",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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      "ipa": "/çɛft/"
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      "ipa": "/çæft/"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "kjept"
    }
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    {
      "args": {
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      "expansion": "Swedish käft",
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    }
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  "etymology_text": "From Old Norse keptr, kjaptr, kjǫptr. Compare Swedish käft",
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        "2": "verb form"
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  "lang_code": "nn",
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        {
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          "name": "Trøndersk Norwegian",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
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        "infinitive"
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      "links": [
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          "kjefta",
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        "(dialectal, Trøndelag, Northern Norway) inflection of kjefta:",
        "imperative"
      ],
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        "form-of",
        "imperative"
      ]
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  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/çɛft/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/çæft/"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "kjept"
    }
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}
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        "3": "kjaptr"
      },
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    {
      "args": {
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      "expansion": "Danish kæft",
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      "args": {
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      "expansion": "Swedish käft",
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      "form": "kjeften",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kjefter",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "kjeftene",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
  "lang_code": "nb",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "glosses": [
        "mouth (part of body)"
      ],
      "links": [
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      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
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      ],
      "links": [
        [
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      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
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      ],
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      "links": [
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        "masculine",
        "uncountable"
      ]
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      "glosses": [
        "a person"
      ],
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        [
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      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(by extension) a person"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "broadly",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "kjeft"
}

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    {
      "english": "shut up",
      "word": "halda kjeft"
    },
    {
      "word": "stor i kjeften"
    }
  ],
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    },
    {
      "args": {
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      "expansion": "kjǫptr",
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      "expansion": "Swedish käft",
      "name": "cog"
    }
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      "form": "kjeften",
      "tags": [
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        "singular"
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    },
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      "form": "kjeftar",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kjeftane",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
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  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "word": "kjefta"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "categories": [
        "Norwegian Nynorsk colloquialisms"
      ],
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        "a (big) mouth (of a person or animal)"
      ],
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        ]
      ],
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        "(colloquial) a (big) mouth (of a person or animal)"
      ],
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        {
          "word": "munn"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
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      "categories": [
        "Norwegian Nynorsk colloquialisms",
        "Norwegian Nynorsk uncountable nouns"
      ],
      "glosses": [
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        "colloquial",
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        "uncountable"
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    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "edge, thin cutting side of the blade (of an axe)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "edge",
          "edge"
        ],
        [
          "cut",
          "cut"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
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        "Norwegian Nynorsk colloquialisms",
        "Norwegian Nynorsk terms with usage examples"
      ],
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        {
          "english": "not [even] one person",
          "text": "ikkje ein kjeft",
          "type": "example"
        }
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      "glosses": [
        "a person"
      ],
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        "(colloquial) a person"
      ],
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        "colloquial",
        "masculine"
      ]
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    {
      "ipa": "/çɛft/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/çæft/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "kjept"
    }
  ],
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  "etymology_text": "From Old Norse keptr, kjaptr, kjǫptr. Compare Swedish käft",
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        "2": "verb form"
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        "Trøndersk Norwegian"
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        "inflection of kjefta:",
        "infinitive"
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        "(dialectal, Trøndelag, Northern Norway) inflection of kjefta:",
        "infinitive"
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        "inflection of kjefta:",
        "imperative"
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          "kjefta",
          "kjefta#Norwegian Nynorsk"
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      ],
      "qualifier": "Northern Norway",
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        "(dialectal, Trøndelag, Northern Norway) inflection of kjefta:",
        "imperative"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "dialectal",
        "form-of",
        "imperative"
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    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/çɛft/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/çæft/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "kjept"
    }
  ],
  "word": "kjeft"
}

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If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.