kufisk

Swedish

Etymology

From Arabic كُوفِيّ (kūfiyy). In peculiar sense, originally Uppsala student slang attested since the 1880s. Common usage attested since about 1900. Compare German kufisch.

Adjective

kufisk (comparative mer kufisk, superlative mest kufisk)

  1. (archaic) Kufic (relating to the Arabic city of Kufa)
    ett kufiskt mynt
    a Kufic coin
  2. (derogatory) strange, odd
    en kufisk typ
    a strange guy

Declension

Inflection of kufisk
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular kufisk mer kufisk mest kufisk
neuter singular kufiskt mer kufiskt mest kufiskt
plural kufiska mer kufiska mest kufiska
masculine plural2 kufiske mer kufiska mest kufiska
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 kufiske mer kufiske mest kufiske
all kufiska mer kufiska mest kufiska

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

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