кайф

Russian

Alternative forms

  • кейф (kejf)before the 2nd half of the 19th century

Etymology

Ultimately from Arabic كَيْف (kayf, pleasure).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kajf]
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Noun

кайф • (kajfm inan (genitive ка́йфа, uncountable)

  1. (colloquial) kif, high (euphoria or pleasant stupor caused by a recreational drug)
  2. (colloquial) bliss, pleasant idleness

Declension

Derived terms

  • кайфова́ть (kajfovátʹ)
  • в кайф (v kajf)
  • лови́ть кайф (lovítʹ kajf)
  • под ка́йфом (pod kájfom)

Descendants

  • Armenian: կայֆ (kayf)
  • Azerbaijani: kayf
  • Georgian: კაიფი (ḳaipi)

Ukrainian

Alternative forms

  • (obsolete) кейф (kejf)

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kai̯f]

Noun

кайф • (kajfm inan (genitive ка́йфу, uncountable)

  1. (slang) kif (drug euphoria)
  2. (colloquial) bliss (a pleasurable state)

Declension

Declension of кайф
(inan sg-only hard masc-form accent-a)
singular
nominative кайф
kajf
genitive ка́йфу
kájfu
dative ка́йфові, ка́йфу
kájfovi, kájfu
accusative кайф
kajf
instrumental ка́йфом
kájfom
locative ка́йфу, ка́йфі
kájfu, kájfi
vocative ка́йфе
kájfe

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Derived terms

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