Czech
Etymology
Probably from German Kaffer (“a stupid person”) from Hebrew כפר (kafer, “farmer”) from כָּפָר (kāfār, “village”).[1]
Pronunciation
Verb
kafrat impf
- (colloquial, derogatory) to blather
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:žvanit
Conjugation
Conjugation of kafrat
| infinitive
|
kafrat, kafrati
|
active adjective
|
kafrající
|
| verbal noun
|
kafrání
|
passive adjective
|
kafraný
|
| present forms |
indicative |
imperative
|
|
singular |
plural |
singular |
plural
|
| 1st person
|
kafrám |
kafráme |
— |
kafrejme
|
| 2nd person
|
kafráš |
kafráte |
kafrej |
kafrejte
|
| 3rd person
|
kafrá |
kafrají |
— |
—
|
The future tense: a combination of a future form of být + infinitive kafrat.
| participles |
past participles |
passive participles
|
|
singular |
plural |
singular |
plural
|
| masculine animate
|
kafral |
kafrali |
kafrán |
kafráni
|
| masculine inanimate
|
kafraly |
kafrány
|
| feminine
|
kafrala |
kafrána
|
| neuter
|
kafralo |
kafrala |
kafráno |
kafrána
|
| transgressives
|
present
|
past
|
| masculine singular
|
kafraje |
—
|
| feminine + neuter singular
|
kafrajíc |
—
|
| plural
|
kafrajíce |
—
|
|
References
- ^ Jiří Rejzek (2007), “kafrat”, in Český etymologický slovník (in Czech), Leda
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