takayyuf

adaptation, conformity

تَكَيُّف

Word

Noun · pattern تَفَعُّل

Root

ك ي ف

In the library

واختلافها إنما هو باختلاف ما يرد عليها من الإدراكات والملكات والآلوان التي تكيفها من خارج.

The Muqaddimah, page 373 →

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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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