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كُلْفَةٌ

Root: كلف

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كُلْفَةٌ A difficulty, or difficult affair, or a duty, or an obligation, that one imposes upon himself; or a thing imposed upon one as difficult, troublesome, or inconvenient. See حَبٌّ.
2 [Constraint,] trouble, pain, or inconvenience.
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