karfa

Hungarian

Etymology

kar +‎ fa

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈkɒrfɒ]
  • Hyphenation: kar‧fa
  • Rhymes: -fɒ

Noun

karfa (plural karfák)

  1. armrest

Declension
Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative karfa karfák
accusative karfát karfákat
dative karfának karfáknak
instrumental karfával karfákkal
causal-final karfáért karfákért
translative karfává karfákká
terminative karfáig karfákig
essive-formal karfaként karfákként
essive-modal — —
inessive karfában karfákban
superessive karfán karfákon
adessive karfánál karfáknál
illative karfába karfákba
sublative karfára karfákra
allative karfához karfákhoz
elative karfából karfákból
delative karfáról karfákról
ablative karfától karfáktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular		 karfáé karfáké
non-attributive
possessive - plural		 karfáéi karfákéi
Possessive forms of karfa
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. karfám karfáim
2nd person sing. karfád karfáid
3rd person sing. karfája karfái
1st person plural karfánk karfáink
2nd person plural karfátok karfáitok
3rd person plural karfájuk karfáik

Further reading
  • karfa in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse karfa, kǫrf, from Latin corbis.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkʰarva/
  • Rhymes: -arva

Noun

karfa f (genitive singular körfu, nominative plural körfur)

  1. basket

Declension
declension of karfa
f-w1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative karfa karfan körfur körfurnar
accusative körfu körfuna körfur körfurnar
dative körfu körfunni körfum körfunum
genitive körfu körfunnar karfa/karfna karfanna/karfnanna

Derived terms
  • blómakarfa (“flower basket, hanging basket”)
  • bréfakarfa (“wastepaper basket”)
  • innkaupakarfa (“shopping basket”)
  • körfubíll (“cherry picker”)
  • körfubolti (“basketball”)
  • körfugerð (“basketmaking”)
  • körfuknattleikur (“basketball”)
  • körfustóll (“wicker chair”)
  • pappírskarfa (“wastepaper basket”)
  • ruslakarfa (“wastepaper basket”)
  • tágakarfa (“wicker basket”)
  • taukarfa (“laundry basket”)
  • þvottakarfa (“laundry basket”)

Maltese

Etymology

From Arabic كَرْفَأَة (karfaʔa). Compare Kabyle akerfa (“chaff”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkar.fa/

Noun

karfa f (plural kraf or krafi or kruf)

  1. chaff
  2. (figuratively) plebs
  3. (figuratively) uneducated, ill-mannered
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