كَلَف
pains and care taken
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Highlights
Present tense
يُكَلِّفُ
Verbal nouns
تَكْلِيف، تَكْلِفَة
Active participle
مُكَلِّف
Passive participle
مُكَلَّف
Most common words from the same root
Noun
تَكْلِفَة
cost
Adjective
مُكَلَّف
in charge
Verb · Form I
كَلِفَ
to spend zeal
Adjective
كَلِف
amorously attracted
Noun
كُلْفَة
expense
Verb · Form IV
أَكْلَفَ
to cause one to take pains
كَلَّفَ in English
Verb · Form II
- to entrust ([transitive] someone [transitive or بِ (bi)] with something), to impose (a matter on someone)
- to assign (someone a task) ditransitive
لَا يُكَلِّفُ ٱللّٰهُ نَفْسًا إِلَّا وُسْعَهَاAllah burdens not a person beyond his scope.609–632 CE, Qur'an, 2:286
- to molest, to make difficulties for, to trouble
- to cost (someone something) ditransitive
هٰذَا سَيُكَلِّفُكَ كَثِيرًاIt will cost you a lot.
Words from the root ك-ل-ف
Arabic verbs come in forms; each form's nouns are listed under its verb. See the whole root on one page →
كَلِفَ
· present يَكْلَفُ
Form I · The plain action
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)
كَلِف
amorously attracted
مَكْلُوف
كَلَّفَ
· present يُكَلِّفُ
Form II · Causative or intensive
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
تَكْلِفَة
cost
تَكْلِيف
commission
مُكَلِّف
مُكَلَّف
in charge
أَكْلَفَ
· present يُكْلِفُ
Form IV · Causative
to cause one to take pains, inspire zeal or eagerness in
إِكْلَاف
مُكْلِف
مُكْلَف
تَكَلَّفَ
· present يَتَكَلَّفُ
Form V · Reflexive of Form II
to take on (a duty, responsibility, task, etc.); to feign, to pretend to do (something); to force oneself to do (something)
تَكَلُّف
pretense
مُتَكَلِّف
مُتَكَلَّف
كُلْفَة
expense
أَكْلَف
freckled
كَلَّفَ conjugation
Active voice. Present, subjunctive and jussive are the three moods of the non-past.
| Pronoun | Past | Present | Subjunctive | Jussive | Imperative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| أَنَا I | كَلَّفْتُ | أُكَلِّفُ | أُكَلِّفَ | أُكَلِّفْ | — |
| أَنْتَ you (m.) | كَلَّفْتَ | تُكَلِّفُ | تُكَلِّفَ | تُكَلِّفْ | كَلِّفْ |
| أَنْتِ you (f.) | كَلَّفْتِ | تُكَلِّفِينَ | تُكَلِّفِي | تُكَلِّفِي | كَلِّفِي |
| هُوَ he | كَلَّفَ | يُكَلِّفُ | يُكَلِّفَ | يُكَلِّفْ | — |
| هِيَ she | كَلَّفَتْ | تُكَلِّفُ | تُكَلِّفَ | تُكَلِّفْ | — |
| أَنْتُمَا you two | كَلَّفْتُمَا | تُكَلِّفَانِ | تُكَلِّفَا | تُكَلِّفَا | كَلِّفَا |
| هُمَا they two (m.) | كَلَّفَا | يُكَلِّفَانِ | يُكَلِّفَا | يُكَلِّفَا | — |
| هُمَا they two (f.) | كَلَّفَتَا | تُكَلِّفَانِ | تُكَلِّفَا | تُكَلِّفَا | — |
| نَحْنُ we | كَلَّفْنَا | نُكَلِّفُ | نُكَلِّفَ | نُكَلِّفْ | — |
| أَنْتُمْ you all (m.) | كَلَّفْتُمْ | تُكَلِّفُونَ | تُكَلِّفُوا | تُكَلِّفُوا | كَلِّفُوا |
| أَنْتُنَّ you all (f.) | كَلَّفْتُنَّ | تُكَلِّفْنَ | تُكَلِّفْنَ | تُكَلِّفْنَ | كَلِّفْنَ |
| هُمْ they (m.) | كَلَّفُوا | يُكَلِّفُونَ | يُكَلِّفُوا | يُكَلِّفُوا | — |
| هُنَّ they (f.) | كَلَّفْنَ | يُكَلِّفْنَ | يُكَلِّفْنَ | يُكَلِّفْنَ | — |
| Verbal noun | تَكْلِيف، تَكْلِفَة |
|---|---|
| Active participle | مُكَلِّف |
| Passive participle | مُكَلَّف |
كَلَّفَ in a sentence
Dictionary examples
to assign
لَا يُكَلِّفُ ٱللّٰهُ نَفْسًا إِلَّا وُسْعَهَاAllah burdens not a person beyond his scope.609–632 CE, Qur'an, 2:286
to cost
هٰذَا سَيُكَلِّفُكَ كَثِيرًاIt will cost you a lot.
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