κέφι
Greek
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Ottoman Turkish كیف (keyf, literally “state, disposition”), from Arabic كَيْف (kayf, “state, disposition”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editκέφι • (kéfi) n (plural κέφια)
- high spirits, good humour, gaiety, merriness, merriment
- 1946, Nikos Kazantzakis., Zorba the Greek:
- —Ζορμπά [...] Θα τρώμε και θα πίνουμε μαζί. Κι ύστερα θα παίζεις σαντούρι.Translated by Peter Bien (@books.google)
—Αν έχω κέφι, ακούς; Αν έχω κέφι. Να σου δουλεύω όσο θες σκλάβος σου! Μα το σαντούρι είναι άλλο πράμα. Είναι θεριό, θέλει λευτεριά. Αν έχω κέφι, θα παίζω· θα τραγουδώ κιόλα. Και θα χορεύω....- —Zormpá [...] Tha tróme kai tha pínoume mazí. Ki ýstera tha paízeis santoúri.
—An écho kéfi, akoús? An écho kéfi. Na sou doulévo óso thes sklávos sou! Ma to santoúri eínai állo práma. Eínai therió, thélei lefteriá. An écho kéfi, tha paízo; tha tragoudó kióla. Kai tha chorévo.... - —Zorba [...] We'll eat and drink together, and then, you'll play the santouri
—If I'm in the mood, do you hear? If I'm in the mood! As far as working for you as much as you want, I'm your slave. But the santouri is something else and it needs freedom. I'll play if I feel like it. I'll even sing, and I'll dance...
- —Zormpá [...] Tha tróme kai tha pínoume mazí. Ki ýstera tha paízeis santoúri.Translated by Peter Bien (@books.google)
—An écho kéfi, akoús? An écho kéfi. Na sou doulévo óso thes sklávos sou! Ma to santoúri eínai állo práma. Eínai therió, thélei lefteriá. An écho kéfi, tha paízo; tha tragoudó kióla. Kai tha chorévo....- —Zormpá [...] Tha tróme kai tha pínoume mazí. Ki ýstera tha paízeis santoúri.
—An écho kéfi, akoús? An écho kéfi. Na sou doulévo óso thes sklávos sou! Ma to santoúri eínai állo práma. Eínai therió, thélei lefteriá. An écho kéfi, tha paízo; tha tragoudó kióla. Kai tha chorévo.... - —Zorba [...] We'll eat and drink together, and then, you'll play the santouri
—If I'm in the mood, do you hear? If I'm in the mood! As far as working for you as much as you want, I'm your slave. But the santouri is something else and it needs freedom. I'll play if I feel like it. I'll even sing, and I'll dance...
- —Zormpá [...] Tha tróme kai tha pínoume mazí. Ki ýstera tha paízeis santoúri.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- —Zormpá [...] Tha tróme kai tha pínoume mazí. Ki ýstera tha paízeis santoúri.
- good mood, disposition
- good condition (of health), in form
- Synonym: ορεξάτος (orexátos)
- Είμαι σε μεγάλα κέφια σήμερα.
- Eímai se megála kéfia símera.
- I am in exceptionally good form today.
Declension
editDeclension of κέφι
Synonyms
editAntonyms
editCoordinate terms
edit- παρέα f (paréa, “company of friends”)
Derived terms
editDerived terms
- ανάβει το κέφι (anávei to kéfi, “The party is at its highest”)
- είμαι στα κέφια μου (eímai sta kéfia mou, “I am happy”)
- Synonym: ευθυμώ (efthymó)
- έρχομαι στο κέφι (érchomai sto kéfi, “I am good drunk”)
- έχω κέφι (écho kéfi, “I have (am) in a good mood”) or in plural έχω κέφια
- κάνω κέφι να (káno kéfi na, “I am in the mood to...”)
- σπάω κέφι (spáo kéfi, “make fun of”)
- Synonyms: διασκεδάζω (diaskedázo), σπάω πλάκα (spáo pláka)
- τσακίρ κέφι n (tsakír kéfi, “the highest spirits”)
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