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تَكْلِيف
assignment, task /takˈliːf/
nounB1#2171 most common
Also: commissioning, tasking, imposition of a duty (esp. religious obligation), cost, expense (usually plural تَكَالِيف)
Example sentences
هٰذَا تَكْلِيفٌ سَهْلٌ.
This is an easy assignment.
أَعْطَانَا الْمُعَلِّمُ تَكْلِيفًا جَدِيدًا.
The teacher gave us a new assignment.
يَجِبُ أَنْ أُنْهِيَ التَّكْلِيفَ قَبْلَ الْغَدِ.
I have to finish the assignment before tomorrow.
رَفَضَ الْمُوَظَّفُ التَّكْلِيفَ لِأَنَّهُ خَارِجَ اخْتِصَاصِهِ.
The employee refused the assignment because it was outside his area of competence.
التَّكْلِيفُ فِي الشَّرِيعَةِ يَعْنِي إِلْزَامَ الْمُكَلَّفِ بِأَحْكَامِ الدِّينِ.
In Islamic law, taklīf means binding the responsible person to the rulings of the faith.
تَفَضَّلْ بِلَا تَكْلِيفٍ، فَبَيْتُنَا بَيْتُكَ.
Please come in without any formality; our home is your home.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | تَكْلِيفٌ | تَكَالِيفُ |
| Genitive | تَكْلِيفٍ | تَكَالِيفَ |
| Accusative | تَكْلِيفًا | تَكَالِيفَ |
| Vocative | يَا تَكْلِيفُ | يَا تَكَالِيفُ |
Word family
كَلَّفَto assign, to task; to cost
مُكَلَّفone who is tasked; legally accountable person
تَكَالِيفcosts, expenses
كُلْفَةcost; formality, ceremony
مُكَلِّفcostly, expensive
Etymology
تَكْلِيف is the verbal noun of the Form II verb كَلَّفَ, "to charge someone with a task." It is built on the standard تَفْعِيل pattern from the Semitic triliteral root ك-ل-ف, whose core sense runs from "to be attached to" to "to burden with." The word therefore names the act of laying a duty or task on someone.
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