kefa

See also: kẹfa

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish كفه (Turkish kefe).

Noun

kèfa f (Cyrillic spelling кѐфа)

  1. brush
    Synonym: četka

Slovak

Etymology

Borrowed from Hungarian kefe, from Ottoman Turkish كفه (kefe).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈkefa]
  • Hyphenation: ke‧fa

Noun

kefa f (diminutive kefka)

  1. brush (implement for cleaning, polishing, scrubbing, etc.)
    Synonyms: štetec, štetka

Declension
Declension of kefa
singular plural
nominative kefa kefy
genitive kefy kief
dative kefe kefám
accusative kefu kefy
locative kefe kefách
instrumental kefou kefami

Derived terms
adjective
  • kefový
noun
  • kefôčka

Further reading
  • “kefa”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024
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