كيفية
Arabic
| Root |
|---|
| ك ي ف (k y f) |
| 5 terms |
Etymology
Relative noun (nisba) composed of كَيْف (kayf, “how”) + ـِيَّة (-iyya).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kaj.fij.ja/
Noun
كَيْفِيَّة • (kayfiyya) f
Declension
| singular | singular triptote in ـَة (-a) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | كَيْفِيَّة kayfiyya |
الْكَيْفِيَّة al-kayfiyya |
كَيْفِيَّة kayfiyyat |
| nominative | كَيْفِيَّةٌ kayfiyyatun |
الْكَيْفِيَّةُ al-kayfiyyatu |
كَيْفِيَّةُ kayfiyyatu |
| accusative | كَيْفِيَّةً kayfiyyatan |
الْكَيْفِيَّةَ al-kayfiyyata |
كَيْفِيَّةَ kayfiyyata |
| genitive | كَيْفِيَّةٍ kayfiyyatin |
الْكَيْفِيَّةِ al-kayfiyyati |
كَيْفِيَّةِ kayfiyyati |
Descendants
- → Classical Persian: کَیْفِیَت (kayfiyat)
- → Old Anatolian Turkish: كیفیت (keyfiyyet)
- Azerbaijani: keyfiyyət
- Ottoman Turkish: كیفیت (keyfiyyet), քէյֆիյէթ (keyfiyet) — Armeno-Turkish
- Turkish: keyfiyet
References
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “كيفية”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary[1], London: W.H. Allen