If

Etymology
yif, yef from ġif.

Conjunction

 * 1) Supposing that, assuming that, in the circumstances that;
 * If it rains, I will get wet.
 * 1) Supposing that;
 * I'd prefer it if you took your shoes off.
 * 1) Although;
 * He was a great friend, if a little stingy at the bar.
 * 1)  In the event that a statement is true (a programming statement that acts in a similar manner).
 * If A, then B, else C.
 * 1) Whether;
 * I don't know if I want to go or not.
 * She doubts if two and two make four. &mdash; Prior.
 * 1)  Even if; even in the circumstances that.
 * 2) * 2004, David Lee Murphy and Kim Tribble (writers), Montgomery Gentry (singers), “If It’s The Last Thing I Do” (song), in You Do Your Thing (album):
 * If it’s the last thing I do / If it takes me from Tubilo to Timbuktu / If it’s the last thing I do / I’m gonna dodge every road block, speed trap, county cop / To get my hands on you / If it’s the last thing I do.

Derived terms

 * iff
 * if and only if
 * if clause
 * if only
 * as if
 * even if
 * if so be

Alternative forms

 * ifen
 * iffen

Translations

 * Albanian: nëse
 * Arabic: لو, إذا
 * Tunisian Arabic:
 * Aramaic:
 * Syriac: ܐܢ (’in)
 * Hebrew: אן (’in)
 * Armenian: եթե
 * Belarusian: калі
 * Bengali:
 * Breton: ma
 * Bulgarian: ако
 * Catalan: si
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese:
 * Mandarin:, , , ...
 * Min Nan:, ,
 * Czech: jestliže, pokud (1), zda (2)
 * Danish: hvis, om, dersom, nærmest, snarere
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish: jos, mikäli
 * French:
 * Old French:
 * Georgian: თუ
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: (ei), ἄν (an), ἐάν (eán), ὡσάν ([h]osán)
 * Modern: αν (an), εάν (eán), άμα (áma), ει (ei), σαν (san)
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi: अगर, यदि
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Icelandic:
 * Ido: se
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:, , ならば, だったら,  ,  ては,  えば
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:, , ならば, だったら,  ,  ては,  えば
 * Japanese:, , ならば, だったら,  ,  ては,  えば


 * Korean: 만약에
 * Kurdish: ئه‌گه‌ر
 * Latin:
 * Latvian: ja
 * Lithuanian: ,
 * Macedonian:
 * Malay:, ,
 * Maltese: jekk
 * Mongolian: болзол
 * Norwegian:, ,
 * Persian:
 * Polish: gdyby, jeśli, jeżeli,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian:
 * Romansch: sche
 * Russian:, ,
 * Scots: if, gin, (subjunctive, i.e., "gin A war= If I were")
 * Scottish Gaelic: ma, nan, (subjunctive)
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic:
 * Roman:
 * Slovak: ak
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Telugu: అయితే (ayitE)
 * Thai: ถ้า
 * Turkish:, , ,
 * Ukrainian: якщо, коли
 * Urdu: اگر, ید
 * Vietnamese: ,
 * Volapük: if
 * Welsh: os, pe, (subjunctive, i.e., "if" and "only if")
 * West Frisian: ,
 * Yiddish: אויב (oyb), טאָמער (tomer), אַז (az)
 * Yiddish: אויב (oyb), טאָמער (tomer), אַז (az)


 * Arabic: إذا, سواء
 * Tunisian Arabic:
 * Bengali:, কি না
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: (usually not used), 是否
 * Danish: om, hvorvidt
 * Dutch: of
 * Finnish: -ko/-kö (particle appended to the verb)
 * French:, ,
 * Old French:
 * German:


 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: hvort
 * Japanese: かどうか,
 * Macedonian:
 * Norwegian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Swedish:
 * West Frisian:


 * German:
 * Hungarian:
 * Macedonian:


 * Polish: jeśli / jeżeli
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:

Noun

 * 1)  An uncertainty, possibility, condition, doubt etc.
 * 2) * 1709, Susannah Centlivre, The Busy Body, Act III, in John Bell (ed.), British Theater, J. Bell (1791), page 59,
 * Sir Fran. Nay, but Chargy, if——— ¶ Miran. Nay, Gardy, no Ifs.——Have I refus'd three northern lords, two British peers, and half a score knights, to have put in your Ifs?
 * 1) * 1791 January, "Richardſon’s Chemical Principles of the Metallic Arts", in The Monthly Review, R. Griffiths, page 176,
 * Well might Bergman add, (in his Scicgraphia,), “ if the compariſon that has been made, &amp;c. be juſt.” The preſent writer makes no ifs  about the matter, and has ſuperadded a little inaccuracy of his own, […]

Derived terms

 * big if
 * no ifs, ands, or buts

Translations

 * Bulgarian: условие (uslovie), предположение (predpoloženie) , ако и но (ako i no)
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish:
 * Hungarian: feltevés, ha


 * Japanese: 仮定 (かてい, kateí)
 * Kurdish:
 * Macedonian:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish: ,

Anagrams

 * Fi, fi

Etymology
From, from if:, from  *undefined:, from , from. Compare Eibe:,  eo:,  ywen:,  uva:,  ива:, and English yew:. Compare also Yves:, Yvonne:.

Noun

 * 1) yew

Etymology
From.

Conjunction

 * 1) if

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