kayfamā
whichever, however
كَيْفَما
Word
Conjunction · pattern فَعْلَماRoot
ك ي فIn the library
ورأى أنه إن تناول ضرورية من هذه جزافاً كيفما اتفق، ربما وقع في السرف واخذ فوق الكفاية.
Hayy ibn Yaqzan, page 20 →From the same root
- كَيْفnarcotics
- كَيْفَhow
- تَكَيَّفَbe conditioned
- كَيْفِيّarbitrary, optional, qualitative
- تَكَيُّفadaptation, conformity
- مُكَيَّفconditioned
- كَيْفِيَّةmanner, mode, way
- تَكْيِيفconditioning
- مُكَيِّفَةair conditioner
- مُكَيِّفاتnarcotics
Lane's Lexicon
Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 4 entries-
كَيَّفْتُهُ فَتَكَيَّفَ Form II I specified by the ascription of its quality and it became so specified
, 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.) -
تَكَيَّفَ Form V Open entry
: see what next precedes. -
كَيْفِيَّةٌ Quality as answering to
Quality as answering to “ how? ”; mode, or manner, of being. -
كَيْفُوفِيَّةٌ Open entry
for كَيْفِيَّةٌ: see تَيْسِيَّةٌ.
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