tjafs

== Swedish == === Etymology 1 === Deverbal from tjafsa (“argue”). ==== Noun ==== tjafs n (colloquial, chiefly uncountable) fuss, bickering, squabbling Synonym: käbbel ===== Declension ===== === Etymology 2 === Likely from English chaps, from Spanish chaparreras. Arguably from obsolete tjafsa (“move to and fro”). ==== Noun ==== tjafs n bell-bottoms, flares (part of pants that are flared from the knee downwards) ===== Declension ===== === References === “tjafs”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “tjafs”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “tjafs”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)