ćeif

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish كیف (keyif), from Arabic كَيْف (kayf).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡ɕěif/
  • Hyphenation: će‧if

Noun

ćèif m inan (Cyrillic spelling ћѐиф)

  1. (chiefly Bosnia) will
    Synonym: vȍlja
    biti po ćeifu
    to be to someone's liking
  2. (chiefly Bosnia) enjoyment, pleasure, satisfaction
    Synonym: zadovòljstvo

Declension

Declension of ćeif
singular plural
nominative ćeif ćeifi
genitive ćeifa ćȅīfā
dative ćeifu ćeifima
accusative ćeif ćeife
vocative ćeife ćeifi
locative ćeifu ćeifima
instrumental ćeifom ćeifima

Derived terms

  • ćeifiti / ćeifnuti

References

  • ćeif”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025