naif

See also: naïf

English

Adjective

naif (comparative naifer, superlative naifest)

1. Alternative spelling of naïf.

Derived terms

• naifly
• naifness

Noun

naif (plural naifs)

1. Alternative spelling of naïf.

Anagrams

• Fain, an if, fain, fina

Abu

Noun

naif

1. eyes

Further reading

• Summer Institute of Linguistics Language Survey of Abu (1975), quoted on transnewguinea.org
• 1998, Otto Ignatius M. S. Nekitel, Voices of Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow: Language, Culture and Identity, →ISBN, page 244:

  [...]demonstrates the range of body parts' terms that Abu' use idiomatically:

  1. baraka 'head'; 2. naif 'eyes'; 3. naleh 'teeth'; 4. mutu 'nose'; 5. ahaka 'tongue/voice'; 6. elhuka 'neck', 7. numunas 'chest', 8. lakuh 'hands', [...]

Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from English naive, from French naïve, feminine form of naïf, from Latin nātīvus (“native, natural”). Doublet of natif.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [na.(j)if]

  • Audio (Malaysia):

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• Rhymes: -aif, -if
• Hyphenation: na‧if

Adjective

naif (Jawi spelling ناءيف, comparative lebih naif, superlative paling naif)

1. naive

Affixations

• kenaifan

Further reading

• "naif" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

Spanish

Alternative forms

• naíf

Etymology

Borrowed from French naïf.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /naˈif/ [naˈif]
• Rhymes: -if
• Syllabification: na‧if

Adjective

naif m or f (masculine and feminine plural naifs)

1. naive

Further reading

• “naif”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Turkish

Etymology

From French naïf, from Latin nativus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /na.if/
• Hyphenation: na‧if

Adjective

naif

1. naive

Declension

Predicative forms of naif

present tense
	positive declarative	positive interrogative
ben (I am)	naifim	naif miyim?
sen (you are)	naifsin	naif misin?
o (he/she/it is)	naif / naiftir	naif mi?
biz (we are)	naifiz	naif miyiz?
siz (you are)	naifsiniz	naif misiniz?
onlar (they are)	naif(ler)	naif(ler) mi?
past tense
	positive declarative	positive interrogative
ben (I was)	naiftim	naif miydim?
sen (you were)	naiftin	naif miydin?
o (he/she/it was)	naifti	naif miydi?
biz (we were)	naiftik	naif miydik?
siz (you were)	naiftiniz	naif miydiniz?
onlar (they were)	naiftiler	naif miydiler?
indirect past
	positive declarative	positive interrogative
ben (I was)	naifmişim	naif miymişim?
sen (you were)	naifmişsin	naif miymişsin?
o (he/she/it was)	naifmiş	naif miymiş?
biz (we were)	naifmişiz	naif miymişiz?
siz (you were)	naifmişsiniz	naif miymişsiniz?
onlar (they were)	naifmişler	naif miymişler?
conditional
	positive declarative	positive interrogative
ben (if I)	naifsem	naif miysem?
sen (if you)	naifsen	naif miysen?
o (if he/she/it)	naifse	naif miyse?
biz (if we)	naifsek	naif miysek?
siz (if you)	naifseniz	naif miyseniz?
onlar (if they)	naifseler	naif miyseler?

For negative forms, use the appropriate form of değil.