زيف

العربية

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زيف^¹

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Aramaic זֵיפָא / ܙܺܐܦܳܐ (zēp̄ā, “mould; forgery”), from Akkadian 𒍢𒀪𒁉 (/⁠zeʾpu, zīpu⁠/, “mould”).

noun زَيْف · zayf · زُيُوف · الزَّيْف

falsity, falsehood, fallacy
noun from verb verbal noun of زَافَ (zāfa, “to be fake”)

adjective زَيْف · zayf

counterfeit, fake, sham

verb زَيَّفَ · zayyafa · يُزَيِّفُ · تَزْيِيف · مُزَيِّف

to counterfeit, to forge, to fake, to sham
to falsify, to assert to be false

زيف^²

noun زَيْف · zayf · الزَّيْف · زَيْفٌ

noun from verb verbal noun of زَافَ (zāfa, “to drag an elegant tail behind oneself”)

noun زِيف · zīf · أَزْوَاف · الزِّيف

ledge, cornice, coping, border, shroud (prominent part of something, hanging from a building or cloth)

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falsehood false statement

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"زيف." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%B2%D9%8A%D9%81. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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زيف. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%B2%D9%8A%D9%81

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"زيف." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%B2%D9%8A%D9%81.

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {زيف},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%B2%D9%8A%D9%81},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}

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