Roots › ك-ل-ف
The Arabic root ك-ل-ف (k-l-f)
Form I verb كَلِفَ: to spend zeal
12 words in the dictionary are built from ك-ل-ف, including verbs in Forms I, II, IV, V. Each verb is listed with the nouns that come from it: its verbal noun (masdar), its participles, and words derived from it.
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Verbs and the nouns that come from them
to spend zeal, pains and costs, to be eager (on a thing); to be or fall in love, to like (بِ (bi) something), to be very attached (بِ (bi) to); to get melasmata, to get irregular brown-reddish spots (of the face)
to entrust ([transitive] someone [transitive or بِ (bi)] with something), to impose (a matter on someone); to assign (someone a task); to molest, to make difficulties for, to trouble
to cause one to take pains, inspire zeal or eagerness in
to take on (a duty, responsibility, task, etc.); to feign, to pretend to do (something); to force oneself to do (something)
Other nouns and adjectives
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