كَلَّفَ
Root: كلف
Form: 2
Full Definition
كَلَّفَII
He tasked himself with a thing, as also
تَكَلَّفَ .
2 كَلَّفَهُ أَمْرًا He tasked him to do a thing; imposed upon him the task of doing a thing.
3 So تَكْلِيفٌ The imposition of a task or duty.
4 A task; compulsory work; a duty imposed.
5 كَلَّفَهُ الأَمْرَ He imposed upon him the thing, or affair; syn. حَمَّلَهُ إِيَّاهُ.
6 كَلَّفَ نَفْسَهُ He put himself to trouble or inconvenience; like alone.
7 كَلَّفَهُ كَذَا He imposed upon him the task of doing, or procuring, or bringing, such a thing.
8 كَلَّفَهُ أَمْرًا He imposed upon him a thing, or an affair, in spite of difficulty, trouble, or inconvenience: he ordered him to do a thing that was difficult, troublesome, or inconvenient, to him: he made, required, or constrained, him to do a thing; exacted of him the doing a thing; meaning, a thing that was difficult, troublesome, or inconvenient to him: See جَتَّمَهُ.
9 تَكْلِيفٌ An imposition; a requisition: con straint, &c.
2 كَلَّفَهُ أَمْرًا He tasked him to do a thing; imposed upon him the task of doing a thing.
3 So تَكْلِيفٌ The imposition of a task or duty.
4 A task; compulsory work; a duty imposed.
5 كَلَّفَهُ الأَمْرَ He imposed upon him the thing, or affair; syn. حَمَّلَهُ إِيَّاهُ.
6 كَلَّفَ نَفْسَهُ He put himself to trouble or inconvenience; like alone.
7 كَلَّفَهُ كَذَا He imposed upon him the task of doing, or procuring, or bringing, such a thing.
8 كَلَّفَهُ أَمْرًا He imposed upon him a thing, or an affair, in spite of difficulty, trouble, or inconvenience: he ordered him to do a thing that was difficult, troublesome, or inconvenient, to him: he made, required, or constrained, him to do a thing; exacted of him the doing a thing; meaning, a thing that was difficult, troublesome, or inconvenient to him: See جَتَّمَهُ.
9 تَكْلِيفٌ An imposition; a requisition: con straint, &c.
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