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كَفاءَة
competence /kaˈfaːʔa/
nounB2#4396 most common
Also: efficiency, proficiency, qualification
Example sentences
هو يعمل بكفاءة.
He works competently.
هي طالبة ذات كفاءة عالية في الرياضيات.
She is a highly competent student in mathematics.
تحسّنت كفاءة الشركة بعد التدريب الجديد.
The company's efficiency improved after the new training.
تسعى الحكومة إلى رفع كفاءة استخدام الطاقة في المباني.
The government is working to raise energy-use efficiency in buildings.
تُقاس كفاءة الموظف من خلال إنتاجيته وجودة عمله، لا من خلال عدد ساعات حضوره.
An employee's competence is measured by productivity and quality of work, not by hours logged.
على الرغم من كفاءتها الاستثنائية، حال غياب الفرص المتكافئة دون ترقيتها.
Despite her exceptional competence, the lack of equal opportunity kept her from being promoted.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | كَفاءَةٌ | كَفاءاتٌ |
| Genitive | كَفاءَةٍ | كَفاءاتٍ |
| Accusative | كَفاءَةً | كَفاءاتٍ |
| Vocative | يا كَفاءَةُ | يا كَفاءاتُ |
Word family
كُفْءan equal match, a competent counterpart
كافأto reward
مُكافأةreward, bonus
تكافؤequivalence, parity
أكْفاءpeers, equals in standing or skill
Etymology
كَفاءَة comes from the Arabic triliteral root ك-ف-أ, which carries the sense of being equal, matching, or adequate to a task. The noun is built on the فَعالة pattern, which turns a root into an abstract quality noun, roughly parallel to how English forms words ending in '-ence' or '-ency'. The word entered common use for 'competence' and 'efficiency' as Arabic developed vocabulary for administration and technical fields in the 19th and 20th centuries.
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