כיף

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כיף¹

  • /kef/ Modern Israeli

Where it comes from

From South Levantine Arabic كَيْف (kīf, “enjoyment, joking”).

noun כֵּיף · kef

  1. colloquial, no plural, uncountable, usually fun וקיבוצניקים אחרים שבאו לכייף והכיף לא בא להם.

    Similar: הֲנָאָה, תַּעֲנוּג, בילוי, בִּלּוּי

כיף²

verb כִּיֵּף · kiyéf

  1. construction pi'el, misspelling defective spelling of כייף

כיף³

Where it comes from

Compare כָּפָה (kafá).

noun כִּיף · kif · כִּיפִים

  1. a high five

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"כיף." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%9B%D7%99%D7%A3. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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כיף. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%9B%D7%99%D7%A3

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"כיף." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%9B%D7%99%D7%A3.

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {כיף},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%9B%D7%99%D7%A3},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}

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