كي
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Arabic
Etymology 1
From Proto-Semitic *kiyā, a deictic particle, related to *ka.
Conjunction
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
Preposition
كَيْ • (kay)
- (rare) because of, for
- كَيْمَ؟ ― kayma? ― Why?
Etymology 2
Noun
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, edited by José Antonio Banqueri, كتاب الفلاحة, 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.
- 2018, وَجْدِيّ الْأَهْدَل, أرض المؤامرات السعيدة, Bayrūt: Nawfal / Hachette Antoine, →ISBN, page 182:
- خظر ببالي أن أشكرها على غسلها وكيّها لملابسي،
- It came to my mind that I thank her for washing and ironing my clothes.
Declension
Declension of noun كَيّ (kayy)
Etymology 3
Noun
كِي • (kī) f
- (usually defined) qi energy
Etymology 4
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
كُي • (kuy) m
Declension
Declension of noun كُي (kuy)
North Levantine Arabic
Suffix
ـكي • (-ki) f
- Alternative spelling of ـكِ
South Levantine Arabic
Suffix
ـكي • (-ki) f
- Alternative spelling of ـكِ