كيفية

كيفية

Arabic

Etymology

Relative noun (nisba) composed of كَيْف‎ (kayf, “how”) +‎ ـِيَّة‎ (-iyya).

Noun

كَيْفِيَّة • (kayfiyya) f

1. howness
2. quality
3. way, manner
4. particulars
5. amusement, pleasure party
6. raised spirits, excitement

Declension

Declension of noun كَيْفِيَّة (kayfiyya)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	كَيْفِيَّة kayfiyya	الْكَيْفِيَّة‎ al-kayfiyya	كَيْفِيَّة kayfiyyat
Nominative	كَيْفِيَّةٌ kayfiyyatun	الْكَيْفِيَّةُ‎ al-kayfiyyatu	كَيْفِيَّةُ kayfiyyatu
Accusative	كَيْفِيَّةً kayfiyyatan	الْكَيْفِيَّةَ‎ al-kayfiyyata	كَيْفِيَّةَ kayfiyyata
Genitive	كَيْفِيَّةٍ kayfiyyatin	الْكَيْفِيَّةِ‎ al-kayfiyyati	كَيْفِيَّةِ kayfiyyati

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “كيفية”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen