kofer
English
Noun
kofer (plural kofrim)
- (Judaism) A nonbeliever.
- 2003 February 16, David Goldman, “#Zionists: Ethiopian Christian Converts Yes! Native Palestinians No!”, in soc.culture.israel (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/
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:
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
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kǒfer/
- Hyphenation: ko‧fer
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