كيف

العربية

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كيف^¹

/kaj.fa/

adverb كَيْفَ · kayfa

interrogative how
however (in whatever way or state) هُوَ ٱلَّذِي يُصَوِّرُكُمْ فِي ٱلْأَرْحَامِ كَيْفَ يَشَاءُ

كيف^²

/kajf/

noun كَيْف · kayf · كُيُوف · الْكَيْف

condition, state
mood
will
pleasure, well-being, good humor, enjoyment
carouse
excitement from opium
opiate, narcotic, cannabis

كيف^³

/kaj.ja.fa/

Where it comes from

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

verb كَيَّفَ · kayyafa · يُكَيِّفُ · تَكْيِيف · مُكَيِّف

to cut off entirely
to regulate
to form, to mold; to adapt, to fit, to modify, to qualify
Arabic, Modern, Standard to bring one into good humor, to amuse one well
Arabic, Modern, Standard to make one tipsy, to intoxicate

In English

port computing: to adapt a program so that it works on a different platform
how in what manner — see also how so
information communicable knowledge

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {كيف},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%81},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}

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