كلف

العربية

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كلف¹

  • /ka.li.fa/

verb كَلِفَ · kalifa · يَكْلَفُ · كَلَف · كَلِف

  1. to spend zeal, pains and costs, to be eager (on a thing)
  2. to be or fall in love, to like (بِ (bi) something), to be very attached (بِ (bi) to)
  3. to get melasmata, to get irregular brown-reddish spots (of the face)

كلف²

  • /ka.li.fa/

verb كَلَّفَ · kallafa · يُكَلِّفُ · تَكْلِيف · تَكْلِفَة

  1. to entrust ([transitive] someone [transitive or بِ (bi)] with something), to impose (a matter on someone)
  2. ditransitive to assign (someone a task) لَا يُكَلِّفُ ٱللّٰهُ نَفْسًا إِلَّا وُسْعَهَا
  3. to molest, to make difficulties for, to trouble
  4. ditransitive to cost (someone something) هٰذَا سَيُكَلِّفُكَ كَثِيرًا

كلف³

  • /ka.li.fa/

noun كَلَف · kalaf · أَكْلَاف · الْكَلَف

  1. noun from verb verbal noun of كَلِفَ (kalifa) (form I)
  2. pains and care taken
  3. amorousness
  4. melasmata, pathologically melanized skin portions بان شجرة معروفة لها ثمرة حبّها أكبر من الحمص مائل إلى البياض طيب الرائحة وله لبّ دهني قال الشيخ الرئيس إنه ينفع من البرص والكلف والبهق وآثار القروح وينفع من الثآليل أيضا في المراهم وطبخه ينفع من وجع الأسنان مضمضة وقال غيره ينفع من الجرب ويقطع الرعاف.
  5. spots on the sun or moon etc.

كلف⁴

  • /ka.li.fa/

adjective كَلِف · kalif · الْكَلِف · كَلِفَة · الْكَلِفَة

  1. amorously attracted

In English

  • cost to incur a charge of; to require payment of a price of
  • melasma dark skin discoloration common during pregnancy

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {كلف},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D9%83%D9%84%D9%81},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}

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