تكلف

العربية

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تكلف^¹

/ta.kal.la.fa/

verb تَكَلَّفَ · takallafa · يَتَكَلَّفُ · تَكَلُّف · مُتَكَلِّف

transitive to take on (a duty, responsibility, task, etc.)
transitive to feign, to pretend to do (something)
transitive to force oneself to do (something)
transitive to do reluctantly, to force (e.g. a smile)
intransitive, transitive to burden oneself with
transitive to spend
transitive to cost
intransitive to use contrived, affected, awkward language (also e.g. of a poet due to the metre)

تكلف^²

/ta.kal.luf/

noun تَكَلُّف · takalluf · التَّكَلُّف · تَكَلُّفٌ

noun from verb verbal noun of تَكَلَّفَ (takallafa) (form V)
pretense, affectation
mannerism

In English

cost to incur a charge of; to require payment of a price of
affectation an attempt to assume or exhibit what is not natural or real
pose affectation — see also affectation

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {تكلف},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%AA%D9%83%D9%84%D9%81},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}