مكلف

Arabic
Root
ك ل ف (k-l-f)

Etymology

Derived from the passive participle of كَلَّفَ (kallafa, “to entrust, to cost”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mu.kal.laf/

Adjective

مُكَلَّف • (mukallaf) (feminine مُكَلَّفَة (mukallafa), masculine plural مُكَلَّفُونَ (mukallafūna), feminine plural مُكَلَّفَات (mukallafāt))

  1. in charge (بِ (bi) of), responsible (بِ (bi) for)
  2. authorized (بِ (bi) with)
  3. obligated (بِ (bi) to do something)
  4. expensive, fine, excellent
  5. magnificently adorned
  6. bombastic, overdone
  7. freckled
  8. full of pimples
  9. taxable
  10. (religion, including Islam law) obligated to perform the general religious duties, that is of age and of sound mind, compos mentis

Declension
Declension of adjective مُكَلَّف (mukallaf)
Singular Masculine Feminine
basic singular triptote singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Informal مُكَلَّف
mukallaf		 الْمُكَلَّف
al-mukallaf		 مُكَلَّفَة
mukallafa		 الْمُكَلَّفَة
al-mukallafa
Nominative مُكَلَّفٌ
mukallafun		 الْمُكَلَّفُ
al-mukallafu		 مُكَلَّفَةٌ
mukallafatun		 الْمُكَلَّفَةُ
al-mukallafatu
Accusative مُكَلَّفًا
mukallafan		 الْمُكَلَّفَ
al-mukallafa		 مُكَلَّفَةً
mukallafatan		 الْمُكَلَّفَةَ
al-mukallafata
Genitive مُكَلَّفٍ
mukallafin		 الْمُكَلَّفِ
al-mukallafi		 مُكَلَّفَةٍ
mukallafatin		 الْمُكَلَّفَةِ
al-mukallafati
Dual Masculine Feminine
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Informal مُكَلَّفَيْن
mukallafayn		 الْمُكَلَّفَيْن
al-mukallafayn		 مُكَلَّفَتَيْن
mukallafatayn		 الْمُكَلَّفَتَيْن
al-mukallafatayn
Nominative مُكَلَّفَانِ
mukallafāni		 الْمُكَلَّفَانِ
al-mukallafāni		 مُكَلَّفَتَانِ
mukallafatāni		 الْمُكَلَّفَتَانِ
al-mukallafatāni
Accusative مُكَلَّفَيْنِ
mukallafayni		 الْمُكَلَّفَيْنِ
al-mukallafayni		 مُكَلَّفَتَيْنِ
mukallafatayni		 الْمُكَلَّفَتَيْنِ
al-mukallafatayni
Genitive مُكَلَّفَيْنِ
mukallafayni		 الْمُكَلَّفَيْنِ
al-mukallafayni		 مُكَلَّفَتَيْنِ
mukallafatayni		 الْمُكَلَّفَتَيْنِ
al-mukallafatayni
Plural Masculine Feminine
sound masculine plural sound feminine plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Informal مُكَلَّفِين
mukallafīn		 الْمُكَلَّفِين
al-mukallafīn		 مُكَلَّفَات
mukallafāt		 الْمُكَلَّفَات
al-mukallafāt
Nominative مُكَلَّفُونَ
mukallafūna		 الْمُكَلَّفُونَ
al-mukallafūna		 مُكَلَّفَاتٌ
mukallafātun		 الْمُكَلَّفَاتُ
al-mukallafātu
Accusative مُكَلَّفِينَ
mukallafīna		 الْمُكَلَّفِينَ
al-mukallafīna		 مُكَلَّفَاتٍ
mukallafātin		 الْمُكَلَّفَاتِ
al-mukallafāti
Genitive مُكَلَّفِينَ
mukallafīna		 الْمُكَلَّفِينَ
al-mukallafīna		 مُكَلَّفَاتٍ
mukallafātin		 الْمُكَلَّفَاتِ
al-mukallafāti

Descendants
  • → Azerbaijani: mükəlləf
  • → Ottoman Turkish: مكلف (mükellef)
  • → Persian: مکلف
    • → Urdu: مُکَلَّف (mukallaf)
  • → Uzbek: mukallaf

References
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “مكلف”, 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
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