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Kippa

Kippa

See also: kippa

German

Noun

Kippa f

  1. (Jewism) kippah

kippa

kippa

See also: Kippa

English

Noun

kippa (plural kippas or kippot)

  1. Alternative spelling of kippah

French

Etymology

From Hebrew כִּפָּה (kipá).

Pronunciation

Noun

kippa f (plural kippas)

  1. kippah, skullcap

Hungarian

Noun

kippa (plural kippák)

  1. Alternative spelling of kipa

Icelandic

Etymology 1

From Old Norse kippa (to pull; snatch), related to Middle English kippen ("to seize"; > Scots kip (to jerk; pull; filch)), Middle Dutch kippen (to seize; catch; grip).

Verb

kippa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative kippti, supine kippt)

  1. to pull, jerk
  2. (impersonal) to take after, to resemble
Conjugation
Derived terms
  • kippa að sér hendinni ("to back out of (something)")
  • kippa í lag ("to put in order, to put right")
  • kippa í liðinn ("to put (a bone) into joint; to straighten out")
  • kippa fótunum undan ("to knock the ground from under (someone)")
Related terms

Etymology 2

Noun

kippa f (genitive singular kippu, nominative plural kippur)

  1. bunch, sheaf
  2. pack, bundle
Declension
Derived terms
  • bjórkippa

Etymology 3

Noun

kippa

  1. indefinite genitive plural of kippur