tjafs

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Swedish[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Deverbal from tjafsa (argue).

Noun[edit]

tjafs n

  1. (colloquial, chiefly uncountable) fuss, bickering, squabbling
    Synonym: käbbel
Declension[edit]
Declension of tjafs 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative tjafs tjafset tjafs tjafsen
Genitive tjafs tjafsets tjafs tjafsens

Etymology 2[edit]

Likely from English chaps, from Spanish chaparreras. Arguably from obsolete tjafsa (move to and fro).

Noun[edit]

tjafs n

  1. bell-bottoms, flares (part of pants that are flared from the knee downwards)
Declension[edit]
Declension of tjafs 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative tjafs tjafset tjafs tjafsen
Genitive tjafs tjafsets tjafs tjafsens

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