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 Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (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 (feminine)

	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”)
• taukarfa (“laundry basket”)
• tágakarfa (“wicker basket”)
• þvottakarfa (“laundry basket”)

Maltese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkar.fa/
• Rhymes: -arfa

Noun

karfa f (plural kraf or krafi or kruf)

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