كي
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Arabic[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Proto-Semitic *kiyā, a deictic particle, related to *ka.
Conjunction[edit]
كَيْ • (kay)
- in order that (followed by the subjunctive)
- عَلَيْكَ أَنْ تَدْرُسَ كَيْ تَنْجَحَ.
- ʕalayka ʔan tadrusa kay tanjaḥa.
- You have to study to be successful
Synonyms[edit]
Preposition[edit]
كَيْ • (kay)
- (rare) because of, for
- كَيْمَ؟ ― kayma? ― Why?
Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
كَيّ • (kayy) m
- verbal noun of كَوَى (kawā, “to sear; to iron; to sting”) (form I)
- c. 1200, يحيى بن محمد بن أحمد بن العوام [yaḥyā ibn muḥammad ibn ʔaḥmad ibn al-ʕawwām], edited by José Antonio Banqueri, كتاب الفلاحة [Book on Agriculture], volume 2, Madrid: Imprenta Real, published 1802IA, Cap. 33, page 601:
- يؤخذ طرخشقون مجفف وعدس ونورة أجزاء سواء ويسحق الجميع وينخل ويعجن بسمن بقري عتيق ثم يوضع منه على فتيلة ويدخل في الناصور نافع وربما نفع وربما نفع منه الكي بالنار.
- One takes dried dandelion and lentils and lime at equal parts and grinds all and sieves and kneads with old cow butter and then one applies from it unto a wick and enters the fistula. It may be successful, however cauterization might prove more effective.
Declension[edit]
Declension of noun كَيّ (kayy)
Etymology 3[edit]
Noun[edit]
كِي • (kī) f
- (usually defined) qi energy
Etymology 4[edit]
Compare Hebrew כִ֗י (kī) in Job 39:27, occurring together with נֶשֶׁר (néšer, “eagle; vulture”) and there sometimes, albeit dubiously, given the meaning “vulture”. אִם־עַל־פִּ֭יךָ יַגְבִּ֣יהַּ נָ֑שֶׁר וְ֝כִ֗י יָרִ֥ים קִנֹּֽו: “Is it upon your behest that the eagle and the vulture soars and makes his nest high?” Otherwise it is the well-known emphasizing particle כִּי (kī): “Is it upon your behest that the eagle soars, and yea, makes his nest high?”. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Noun[edit]
كُي • (kuy) m
Declension[edit]
Declension of noun كُي (kuy)
North Levantine Arabic[edit]
Suffix[edit]
ـكي • (-ki) f
- Alternative spelling of ـكِ
South Levantine Arabic[edit]
Suffix[edit]
ـكي • (-ki) f
- Alternative spelling of ـكِ
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