Arabic

Verb

كَلِفَ • ‎(kalifa) I, non-past يَكْلَفُ‎ (yaklafu)

1. to spend zeal, pains and costs (on a thing)
2. to be eager
3. to be or fall in love (بِ ‎(bi) with)
4. to like (بِ ‎(bi) something), to be very attached (بِ ‎(bi) to)
5. to become reddish brown (of the face)
6. to become freckled

Conjugation

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “كلف”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen
• Wehr, Hans (1979), “كلف”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, ISBN 0-87950-003-4

Etymology 2

Verb

كَلَّفَ • ‎(kallafa) II, non-past يُكَلِّفُ‎ (yukallifu)

1. to entrust ([transitive] someone [transitive or بِ ‎(bi)] with something), to impose (a matter on someone)
2. (ditransitive) to assign (someone a task)
3. to molest, to make difficulties for, to trouble
4. (ditransitive) to cost (someone something)

Conjugation

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “كلف”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen
• Wehr, Hans (1979), “كلف”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, ISBN 0-87950-003-4

Etymology 3

Noun

كَلَف • ‎(kalaf) m ‎(plural أَكْلَاف ‎(ʾaklāf))

1. verbal noun of كَلِفَ ‎(kalifa) (form I)
2. pains and care taken
3. amorousness
4. brown spot, freckle
5. cost

Declension

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “كلف”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen