ćeif

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• ćȅf

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

ćèif m (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 (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024