different between kif vs lif

English

Alternative forms

• kaif, keef, kef, kief

Etymology

From Moroccan Arabic ???? (k?f, “opiate”), from Arabic ?????? (kayf, “joy”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ki?f/, /k?f/

Noun

kif (uncountable)

1. A kind of cannabis smoked in Morocco and Algeria, for narcotic or intoxicating effect.
2. The state of relaxed stupor induced by cannabis.
3. The trichome of marijuana, a green powdery substance that falls from dry marijuana high in THC and other cannabinoid compounds.

Translations

Azerbaijani

Etymology

From Persian ???? (kif).

Noun

kif (definite accusative kifi, plural kifl?r)

1. (South Azerbaijani) handbag

   Synonyms: çanta, sumka

Declension

French

Etymology

From Moroccan Arabic ???? (k?f), from Arabic ?????? (kayf, “opiate”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kif/

Noun

kif m (uncountable)

1. kif

Derived terms

• kiffer

Further reading

• “kif” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Maltese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ki?f/

Etymology 1

From Arabic ??????? (kayfa). Compare Moroccan Arabic ???? (k?f).

Adverb

kif

1. (interrogative) how
2. as soon as
3. as

Etymology 2

From Arabic ?????? (kayf).

Noun

kif m

1. manner, how

English

Alternative forms

• lief

Noun

lif (uncountable)

1. The fibre by which the petioles of the date palm are bound together, from which various kinds of cordage are made.

Anagrams

• FIL, Fil-, fil

German Low German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [li?f]

Noun

lif n (genitive lives, dative live)

1. Alternative form of Lief

Hausa

Etymology

Borrowed from English lift.

Noun

lîf m

1. elevator, lift

Middle English

Noun

lif

1. Alternative form of lyf
   • 1390, John Gower, Confessio Amantis:

     Sche preide unto the goddes so, / That sche receyveth al the wo / And deide hirself to give him lif.

Middle Low German

Etymology

From Old Saxon l?f, from Proto-Germanic *l?b?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /li?f/

Noun

lîf n (genitive lives, dative live)

1. body
2. life

   Synonym: levend

3. (figuratively) belly, abdomen

   Synonym: buk

Descendants

• German Low German: Lif n, Lief n
• Plautdietsch: Läwen

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *l?b?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /li?f/

Noun

l?f n

1. life

Declension

Derived terms

• l?fl?as
• l?fl??
• l?fl??e

Descendants

• Middle English: lyf, lijf, life, live, leyfe
  • English: life
  • Scots: life, leif
  • Yola: lief

Swedish

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -i?v

Noun

lif n

1. Obsolete spelling of liv

Declension

Anagrams

• fil, fil.

Volapük

Etymology

Borrowed from English life.

Noun

lif (nominative plural lifs)

1. life

Declension

Derived terms

Welsh

Noun

lif

1. Soft mutation of llif.

Mutation