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

• AFK, FKA, afk, f.k.a., f/k/a, fak, fka

Dutch

Etymology

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

Cognate German Kaff, English chaff, West Frisian tsjêf.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɑf/

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  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɑf

Noun

kaf n (uncountable)

1. chaff

Descendants

• → Caribbean Javanese: kaf

Finnish

Etymology

From Phoenician [Term?].

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑf/, [ˈkɑ̝f]
• Rhymes: -ɑf
• Syllabification^(key): kaf

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		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of kaf (type risti)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative kafini kafini accusative nom. kafini kafini gen. kafini genitive kafini kafieni partitive kafiani kafejani inessive kafissani kafeissani elative kafistani kafeistani illative kafiini kafeihini adessive kafillani kafeillani ablative kafiltani kafeiltani allative kafilleni kafeilleni essive kafinani kafeinani translative kafikseni kafeikseni instructive — — abessive kafittani kafeittani comitative — kafeineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative kafisi kafisi accusative nom. kafisi kafisi gen. kafisi genitive kafisi kafiesi partitive kafiasi kafejasi inessive kafissasi kafeissasi elative kafistasi kafeistasi illative kafiisi kafeihisi adessive kafillasi kafeillasi ablative kafiltasi kafeiltasi allative kafillesi kafeillesi essive kafinasi kafeinasi translative kafiksesi kafeiksesi instructive — — abessive kafittasi kafeittasi comitative — kafeinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative kafimme kafimme accusative nom. kafimme kafimme gen. kafimme genitive kafimme kafiemme partitive kafiamme kafejamme inessive kafissamme kafeissamme elative kafistamme kafeistamme illative kafiimme kafeihimme adessive kafillamme kafeillamme ablative kafiltamme kafeiltamme allative kafillemme kafeillemme essive kafinamme kafeinamme translative kafiksemme kafeiksemme instructive — — abessive kafittamme kafeittamme comitative — kafeinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative kafinne kafinne accusative nom. kafinne kafinne gen. kafinne genitive kafinne kafienne partitive kafianne kafejanne inessive kafissanne kafeissanne elative kafistanne kafeistanne illative kafiinne kafeihinne adessive kafillanne kafeillanne ablative kafiltanne kafeiltanne allative kafillenne kafeillenne essive kafinanne kafeinanne translative kafiksenne kafeiksenne instructive — — abessive kafittanne kafeittanne comitative — kafeinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative kafinsa kafinsa accusative nom. kafinsa kafinsa gen. kafinsa genitive kafinsa kafiensa partitive kafiaan kafiansa kafejaan kafejansa inessive kafissaan kafissansa kafeissaan kafeissansa elative kafistaan kafistansa kafeistaan kafeistansa illative kafiinsa kafeihinsa adessive kafillaan kafillansa kafeillaan kafeillansa ablative kafiltaan kafiltansa kafeiltaan kafeiltansa allative kafilleen kafillensa kafeilleen kafeillensa essive kafinaan kafinansa kafeinaan kafeinansa translative kafikseen kafiksensa kafeikseen kafeiksensa instructive — — abessive kafittaan kafittansa kafeittaan kafeittansa comitative — kafeineen kafeinensa

Synonyms

• (Arabic kaf): kāf

Hausa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /káp/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [káp]

Ideophone

kaf

1. stealing everything

Icelandic

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

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

Indonesian

Etymology 1

From Arabic ك‎ (k, “kaf”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaf/
• Hyphenation: kaf

Noun

kaf

1. The twenty-second letter of the Arabic alphabet. ك‎ (k)

Etymology 2

From Dutch kaft (“book cover”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaf/
• Hyphenation: kaf

Noun

kaf

1. cover (book)

   Synonym: sampul

Further reading

• “kaf” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Hebrew כַּף‎ (kap̄).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaf/
• Rhymes: -af
• Hyphenation: kàf

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

• kappa

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

Turkish

Noun

kaf

1. Letter of the Arabic alphabet: ق

Volapük

Noun

kaf (nominative 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 later, non-classical Volapük only