# كيف
## Arabic
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kaj.fa/
* Audio:(file)

#### Adverb

كَيْفَ • (kayfa)
* (interrogative) how
* however (in whatever way or state)
** 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 3:6:هُوَ ٱلَّذِي يُصَوِّرُكُمْ فِي ٱلْأَرْحَامِ كَيْفَ يَشَاءُhuwa llaḏī yuṣawwirukum fī l-ʔarḥāmi kayfa yašāʔuIt is He who forms you in the wombs however He wills.

##### Derived terms

* كَيْفَمَا (kayfamā)

##### Descendants

* Maltese: kif
* Hijazi Arabic: كيف (kēf)
* Moroccan Arabic: كيف (kīf)
* North Levantine Arabic: كيف (kīf)
* South Levantine Arabic: كيف (kīf)

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kajf/

#### Noun

كَيْف • (kayf) m (plural كُيُوف (kuyūf))
* condition, state
* mood
* will
* pleasure, well-being, good humor, enjoyment
* carouse
* excitement from opium
* opiate, narcotic, cannabis

##### Descendants

* Maltese: kif
* Moroccan Arabic: كيف (kīf)
** → English: kif
** → French: kif, kiffer
** → German: kiffen, Kiffer
* → Azerbaijani: kef
* → Hebrew: כֵּיף (kēf)
* → Ottoman Turkish: كیف (keyf), քէյֆ (keyf), քէֆ (kef) — Armeno-Turkish
** Turkish: keyif
** → Albanian: qejf
** → Armenian: քեֆ (kʻef), քեփ (kʻepʻ) — Karabakh, քեյֆ (kʻeyf)
** → Georgian: ქეიფი (keipi) (or from Persian)
** → Greek: κέφι (kéfi)
** → Macedonian: ќеф (ḱef)
** → Romanian: chef
** → Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic script: ћѐиф
    Latin script: ćèif
** → Ukrainian: кайф (kajf)
* → Persian: کیف (keyf), کییف (kiyef), کی‌یف (ki-yef)
** → Azerbaijani: kif
* → Russian: кайф (kajf), кейф (kejf) — before the 2nd half of the 19th century
** → Armenian: կայֆ (kayf)
** → Azerbaijani: kayf
** → Georgian: კაიფი (ḳaipi)
* → Turkmen: keýp
* → Uyghur: كەيپ (keyp)
* → Uzbek: kayf

### Etymology 3

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

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kaj.ja.fa/

#### Verb

كَيَّفَ • (kayyafa) II (non-past يُكَيِّفُ (yukayyifu), verbal noun تَكْيِيف (takyīf))
* to cut off entirely
* to regulate
* to form, to mold; to adapt, to fit, to modify, to qualify
* (Modern Standard Arabic) to bring one into good humor, to amuse one well
* (Modern Standard Arabic) to make one tipsy, to intoxicate

##### Conjugation
## Hijazi Arabic
### Etymology

From Arabic كَيْفَ (kayfa).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /keːf/, [ke̞ːf]

### Adverb

كيف • (kēf)
* how

## Moroccan Arabic
### Etymology 1

From Arabic كَيْفَ (kayfa). Compare Maltese kif.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kiːf/
** IPA: /kiː/ (in rapid speech)

#### Adverb

كيف • (kīf)
* (interrogative) how
    Synonym: كيفاش (kīfāš)
    كيف صبحتي اليوم؟ ― صبحت شوية عيان.kīf ṣbaḥti l-yūm? ― ṣbaḥt šwiyya ʕiyyān.How did you sleep today? ― I woke up a bit tired.(literally, “How did you wake up today? ― I woke up a bit tired.”)
* as soon as
    كيف جا، مشيت بحالي. ― kīf jā, mšīt bḥāli. ― As soon as he came, I've left.

#### Conjunction

كيف • (kīf)
* (before nouns and pronouns) as, like
    Synonym: (before verbal clauses) كيف ما (kīf mā)
    ما كاين حد كيفنا. ― ma kāyin ḥadd kīfna. ― There is no one like us.

### Etymology 2

From Arabic كَيْف (kayf).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kiːf/

#### Noun

كيف • (kīf) m (usually uncountable)
* cannabis
    Synonym: حشيش (ḥšīš)
    غشوني فالكيف اللي شريت ديك النهار.ḡaššūni f-el-kīf elli šrīt dīk en-nhār.They scammed me with the cannabis I bought the other day.

##### Descendants

* → English: kif
* → French: kif, kiffer
* → German: kiffen, Kiffer

## North Levantine Arabic
### Etymology

From Arabic كَيْفَ (kayfa).

### Adverb

كيف • (kīf)
* how?
    Synonym: (Syria) شلون (šlōn)
    كيفك؟ (to a male) ― kīfak? ― How are you?
    كيفك؟ (to a female) ― kīfik? ― How are you?

## South Levantine Arabic
### Etymology

From Arabic كَيْفَ (kayfa).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kiːf/, [kiːf]
* Audio (Ramallah):(file)

### Pronoun

كيف • (kīf)
* how?

#### Derived terms

* كيفك (kīfak, kīfek, “how are you?”)