Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

by Edward William Lane (1801-1876)

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كيص كيف كيل


2. ⇒ كيّف

كَيَّفْتُهُ فَتَكَيَّفَ, used by the Muslim theologians, (Ḳ, 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. (Ḳ,* TA.)


5. ⇒ تكيّف

تَكَيَّفَ: see what next precedes {2}.


كَيْفِيَّةٌ

كَيْفِيَّةٌ Quality as answering tohow?”; mode, or manner, of being.


كَيْفُوفِيَّةٌ

كَيْفُوفِيَّةٌ for كَيْفِيَّةٌ: see تَيْسِيَّةٌ.


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