"keff" meaning in Swedish

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Adjective

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 [common-gender, indefinite, positive, singular], keffare [common-gender, comparative, indefinite, singular], keffast [common-gender, indefinite, singular, 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 [indefinite, masculine, plural, positive], keffare [comparative, indefinite, masculine, plural], keffast [indefinite, masculine, plural, superlative], keffe [definite, masculine, positive, singular], keffare [comparative, definite, masculine, singular], keffaste [definite, masculine, singular, superlative], keffa [definite, positive], keffare [comparative, definite], keffaste [definite, superlative]
  1. (slang) bad, undesirable, odd Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-keff-sv-adj-5ZkKm6sN Categories (other): Swedish entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for keff meaning in Swedish (3.6kB)

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