مكلف

Arabic

Root
ك ل ف (k-l-f)

Etymology

Derived from the passive participle of كَلَّفَ (kallafa, “to entrust, to cost”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mu.kal.laf/

Adjective

مُكَلَّف • (mukallaf) (feminine مُكَلَّفَة (mukallafa), masculine plural مُكَلَّفُونَ (mukallafūna), feminine plural مُكَلَّفَات (mukallafāt))

1. in charge (بِ (bi) of), responsible (بِ (bi) for)
2. authorized (بِ (bi) with)
3. obligated (بِ (bi) to do something)
4. expensive, fine, excellent
5. magnificently adorned
6. bombastic, overdone
7. freckled
8. full of pimples
9. taxable
10. (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

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: mükəlləf
• → Ottoman Turkish: مكلف (mükellef)
  • → Turkish: mükellef
• → Persian: مکلف
  • → Urdu: مُکَلَّف (mukallaf)
• → Uzbek: mukallaf

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “مكلف”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], 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