kofer

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew כֹּפֶר

Noun

kofer (plural kofrim)

1. (Judaism) A nonbeliever.
   • 2003 February 16, David Goldman, “#Zionists: Ethiopian Christian Converts Yes! Native Palestinians No!”, in soc.culture.israel‎^[1] (Usenet):

     Yishai is a kofer and apikorus, and so is Ravitz, and their whole gang of hypocritical collaborator two-faced opportunistic self-serving money-grabbing narcissistic snob idolator-loving desecrators of the Torah that make up UTJ and Shas.

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Koffer, from French coffre, from Old French cofre, from Latin cophinus (“basket”), from Ancient Greek κόφινος (kóphinos, “basket”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔfɛr/

Noun

kofer m inan (genitive singular kofra or kofera, diminutive koferk)

1. suitcase

Declension

With syncope of e:

Declension of kofer

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	kofer	kofra	kofry
Genitive	kofra	kofrowu	kofrow
Dative	kofroju	kofroma	kofram
Accusative	kofer	kofra	kofry
Instrumental	kofrom	kofroma	koframi
Locative	kofrje	kofroma	kofrach

Without syncope of e:

Declension of kofer

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	kofer	kofera	kofery
Genitive	kofera	koferowu	koferow
Dative	koferoju	koferoma	koferam
Accusative	kofer	kofera	kofery
Instrumental	koferom	koferoma	koferami
Locative	koferje	koferoma	koferach

Derived terms

• koferowy, kofrowy

Further reading

• Starosta, Manfred (1999) “kofer”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• kùfer

Etymology

Borrowed from German Koffer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kǒfer/
• Hyphenation: ko‧fer

Noun

kòfer m (Cyrillic spelling ко̀фер)

1. suitcase
   • 2015-12-28, Fazlija (lyrics and music), “Helikopter”, in Helikopter‎^[2]:

     Helikopter, helikopter
     Para kofer, para kofer
     Helikopter, helikopter, šaljem ako treba
     Para kofer, para kofer, da bacaš sa neba
     Helikopter, helikopter, kol'ko treba zlata
     Samo da od doma otvoriš mi vrata?

     Helicopter, helicopter
     Money coffer, money coffer
     A helicopter, helicopter, I will send if needed
     Money coffer, money coffer you can throw from the sky
     Helicopter, helicopter, how much gold is needed
     For you to open the door of your home?

Declension

Declension of kofer

	singular	plural
nominative	kòfer	koferi
genitive	kofera	kȍfērā
dative	koferu	koferima
accusative	kofer	kofere
vocative	koferu	koferi
locative	koferu	koferima
instrumental	koferom	koferima