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kaph

 (käf, kôf)
n.
The 11th letter of the Hebrew alphabet. See Table at alphabet.

[Hebrew kap, of Phoenician origin; see kpp in Semitic roots.]
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kaph

(kɔːf; kɑːf; Hebrew kaf) or

caph

n
(Letters of the Alphabet (Foreign)) the 11th letter of the Hebrew alphabet (כ or, at the end of a word, ך) transliterated as k or, when final, kh
[Hebrew, literally: palm of the hand]
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kaph

(kɑf, kɔf)

n.
the 11th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
[1875–80; < Hebrew: literally, palm (of the hand), sole (of the foot)]
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Noun1.kaph - the 11th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
Hebraic alphabet, Hebrew alphabet, Hebrew script - a Semitic alphabet used since the 5th century BC for writing the Hebrew language (and later for writing Yiddish and Ladino)
alphabetic character, letter of the alphabet, letter - the conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech; "his grandmother taught him his letters"
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Rhyfedd na chaf i fyth ei ffonio eto a chlywed ei llais.
Roedd hi'n dioddef a llyngyryn, ac chaf odd ei llwgu am dri diwrnod, ac wedyn rhoddwyd plat o ginio blasus o'i blaen, a buasai'r llyngyryn yn dod allan o'i cheg yn un darn.
Ond ni chaf ymadael heb fendith a bwyd; Gw yr llawer anghenus am gelwrn fy modryb, A llawer pererin am fwrdd Ifor Llwyd.