esquifit

• escafit (Western)

Eastern Catalan variant of escafit, past participle of escafir (“remove a portion of, diminish”) (cf. also esquifir), of uncertain origin.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əs.kiˈfit]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [es.kiˈfit]

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esquifit (feminine esquifida, masculine plural esquifits, feminine plural esquifides)

1. inadequate, scanty, undersized

   Synonyms: migrat, mesquí

• esquifidesa
• esquifir-se

• “esquifit”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “esquifit” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.