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Form 2 · Form 5  ·  4 entries  ·  Qur'ānic frequency 83

Form 2كَيَّفْتُهُ فَتَكَيَّفَ1 sense

Core sense — I specified its quality, and it became so specifiedgenerated

2.1

Verbs derived from كَيْفَ [signifying I specified by the ascription of its quality and it became so specified] are used by the Muslim theologians. They are formed by analogy, and were not heard from the Arabs.

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, used by the Muslim theologians, (K, TA,) verbs derived from كَيْفَ , (TA,) [signifying I specified by the ascription of its quality and it became so specified,] are formed in accordance with analogy, not heard from the Arabs. (K, * TA.)
Form 5تَكَيَّفَ1 sense

Core sense — it became specified as to its qualitygenerated

5.1

See the entry immediately before this one.

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: see what next precedes.

Derived nouns 2

Nounكَيْفِيَّةٌ1 sense

Core sense — quality; mode, or manner, of beinggenerated

1

Quality, as the answer to “how?”; mode, or manner, of being.

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Quality as answering to “ how? ”; mode, or manner, of being.
Nounكَيْفُوفِيَّةٌ1 sense

Core sense — quality; mode, or manner, of beinggenerated

1

For كَيْفِيَّةٌ see تَيْسِيَّةٌ.

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for كَيْفِيَّةٌ : see تَيْسِيَّةٌ .