kufisk
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Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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[edit]
kufisk (comparative mer kufisk, superlative mest kufisk)
- (archaic) Kufic (relating to the Arabic city of Kufa)
- ett kufiskt mynt
- a Kufic coin
- (derogatory) strange, peculiar
- en kufisk typ
- a strange guy
Declension[edit]
| Inflection of kufisk | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | kufisk | mer kufisk | mest kufisk |
| Neuter singular | kufiskt | mer kufiskt | mest kufiskt |
| Plural | kufiska | mer kufiska | mest kufiska |
| Masculine plural3 | kufiske | mer kufiska | mest kufiska |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | kufiske | mer kufiske | mest kufiske |
| All | kufiska | mer kufiska | mest kufiska |
| 1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic | |||