مكلف
Arabic
Etymology
Derived from the passive participle of كَلَّفَ (kallafa, “to entrust, to cost”), from the root ك ل ف (k-l-f).
Adjective
مُكَلَّف • (mukallaf) (feminine مُكَلَّفَة (mukallafa), masculine plural مُكَلَّفُونَ (mukallafūna), feminine plural مُكَلَّفَات (mukallafāt))
- in charge (بِ (bi) of), responsible (بِ (bi) for)
- authorized (بِ (bi) with)
- obligated (بِ (bi) to do something)
- expensive, fine, excellent
- magnificently adorned
- bombastic, overdone
- freckled
- full of pimples
- taxable
- (religion, including Islam law) obligated to perform the general religious duties, that is of age and of sound mind, compos mentis
Declension
Declension of adjective مُكَلَّف (mukallaf)
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| basic singular triptote | singular triptote in ـَة (-a) | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Informal | مُكَلَّف mukallaf | الْمُكَلَّف al-mukallaf | مُكَلَّفَة mukallafa | الْمُكَلَّفَة al-mukallafa |
| Nominative | مُكَلَّفٌ mukallafun | الْمُكَلَّفُ al-mukallafu | مُكَلَّفَةٌ mukallafatun | الْمُكَلَّفَةُ al-mukallafatu |
| Accusative | مُكَلَّفًا mukallafan | الْمُكَلَّفَ al-mukallafa | مُكَلَّفَةً mukallafatan | الْمُكَلَّفَةَ al-mukallafata |
| Genitive | مُكَلَّفٍ mukallafin | الْمُكَلَّفِ al-mukallafi | مُكَلَّفَةٍ mukallafatin | الْمُكَلَّفَةِ al-mukallafati |
| Dual | Masculine | Feminine | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Informal | مُكَلَّفَيْن mukallafayn | الْمُكَلَّفَيْن al-mukallafayn | مُكَلَّفَتَيْن mukallafatayn | الْمُكَلَّفَتَيْن al-mukallafatayn |
| Nominative | مُكَلَّفَانِ mukallafāni | الْمُكَلَّفَانِ al-mukallafāni | مُكَلَّفَتَانِ mukallafatāni | الْمُكَلَّفَتَانِ al-mukallafatāni |
| Accusative | مُكَلَّفَيْنِ mukallafayni | الْمُكَلَّفَيْنِ al-mukallafayni | مُكَلَّفَتَيْنِ mukallafatayni | الْمُكَلَّفَتَيْنِ al-mukallafatayni |
| Genitive | مُكَلَّفَيْنِ mukallafayni | الْمُكَلَّفَيْنِ al-mukallafayni | مُكَلَّفَتَيْنِ mukallafatayni | الْمُكَلَّفَتَيْنِ al-mukallafatayni |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | ||
| sound masculine plural | sound feminine plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Informal | مُكَلَّفِين mukallafīn | الْمُكَلَّفِين al-mukallafīn | مُكَلَّفَات mukallafāt | الْمُكَلَّفَات al-mukallafāt |
| Nominative | مُكَلَّفُونَ mukallafūna | الْمُكَلَّفُونَ al-mukallafūna | مُكَلَّفَاتٌ mukallafātun | الْمُكَلَّفَاتُ al-mukallafātu |
| Accusative | مُكَلَّفِينَ mukallafīna | الْمُكَلَّفِينَ al-mukallafīna | مُكَلَّفَاتٍ mukallafātin | الْمُكَلَّفَاتِ al-mukallafāti |
| Genitive | مُكَلَّفِينَ mukallafīna | الْمُكَلَّفِينَ al-mukallafīna | مُكَلَّفَاتٍ mukallafātin | الْمُكَلَّفَاتِ al-mukallafāti |
References
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “مكلف”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen
- Wehr, Hans (1979), “كلف”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN