كيف

See also: کیف

Arabic

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaj.fa/
  • (file)

Adverb

كَيْفَ (kayfa)

  1. how

Etymology 2

From the root ك ي ف (k-y-f).

Noun

كَيْف (kayf) m (plural كُيُوف (kuyūf))

  1. condition, state
  2. mood
  3. will
  4. pleasure, well-being, good humor, enjoyment, carouse, excitement from opium
  5. opiate, narcotic
Declension
Descendants
References
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), كيف”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen
  • Wehr, Hans (1979), كيف”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Etymology 3

In most of its senses, denominal from كَيْف (kayf). In the sense "cut off entirely", intensive of كَافَ (kāfa, to cut off).

Verb

كَيَّفَ (kayyafa) II, non-past يُكَيِّفُ‎ (yukayyifu)

  1. to cut off entirely
  2. (transitive) to form, to mold
  3. to regulate
  4. to adapt, to fit, to modify
  5. ("modern") to bring one into good humor, to amuse one well
  6. ("modern") to make one tipsy, to intoxicate
  7. ("modern") to qualify
Conjugation
References
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), كيف”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen
  • Wehr, Hans (1979), كيف”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Hijazi Arabic

Etymology

From the root ك ي ف (k-y-f)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /keːf/, [ke̞ːf]

Adverb

كيف (kēf)

  1. how?
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