pöfikan

Volapük

Etymology

From pöfik (“poor”) +‎ -an (“person”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [pø.fi.ˈkan]

Noun

pöfikan (plural pöfikans)

  1. poor person (one of the poor)
    • Arie de Jong, Leerboek der Wereldtaal, 1932, 12:
      Givob pöfikane bodi.
      I give bread to the poor person.

Declension
declension of pöfikan
singular plural
nominative pöfikan pöfikans
genitive pöfikana pöfikanas
dative pöfikane pöfikanes
accusative pöfikani pöfikanis
vocative 1 o pöfikan! o pöfikans!
predicative 2 pöfikanu pöfikanus
  • 1 status as a case is disputed
  • 2 in some later, non-classical Volapük only

Antonyms

Derived terms
  • pöfikanik
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