kayfī

arbitrary, optional, qualitative

كَيْفِيّ

Word

Adjective · pattern فَعْلِيّ

Root

ك ي ف

In the library

فلما صح عنده بفطرته الفائقة التي لمثل هذه الجهة، أن جسم السماء متناه، أراد أن يعرف على أي شكل هو، وكيفية انقطاعه بالسطوح التي تحده.

Hayy ibn Yaqzan, page 13 →

From the same root

All words from ك ي ف →

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.

Learn كَيْفِيّ in real texts

With a free account, hover any word in the library for its meaning, hear it read aloud, save words for review timed to your memory, and see how much of each book you already know.

Create free account