FromFrenchcafé orGermanKaffee, fromOttoman Turkishقهوه(kahve,“coffee”), fromArabicقَهْوَة(qahwa,“coffee, a brew”).
kaffe c (singular definitekaffen,not used in plural form)
| common gender | singular | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | kaffe | kaffen |
| genitive | kaffes | kaffens |
kaffe
Latviankafija seems unlikely as a mediator (unless the addition of-ija (as popularized byJuris Alunāns) is a more recent development, Karulis doesn't listkafija) thus possibly directly fromGermanKaffee.
kaffe
Singular partitive with-zt (as in types 57 –kuțā and 58 –nētša) can be encountered, Viitso, however, indicates inflection type 56 –lilla.
| singular(ikšlu’g) | plural(pǟgiņlu’g) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative(nominatīv) | kaffe | kaffed |
| genitive(genitīv) | kaffe | kaffed |
| partitive(partitīv) | kaffe | kaffidi |
| dative(datīv) | kaffen | kaffedõn |
| instrumental(instrumentāl) | kaffeks | kaffedõks |
| illative(illatīv) | kaffez | kaffiž |
| inessive(inesīv) | kaffes | kaffis |
| elative(elatīv) | kaffest | kaffist |
FromArabicقَهْوَة(qahwa,“coffee, a brew”). viaFrench orGerman.
kaffe m (definite singularkaffen)(uncountable)
Borrowed fromItaliancaffè, fromOttoman Turkishقهوه(kahve), fromArabicقَهْوَة(qahwa).
kaffe n (uncountable)
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | kaffe | kaffes |
| definite | kaffet | kaffets | |
| plural | indefinite | — | — |
| definite | — | — |
