Arabic vocabulary

تُكَلِّفُcost in Arabic

تُكَلِّفُ is how you say “cost” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.

Example sentences

وكذلك الصدق والأمانة والبر والإحسان، وإن كانت تكلف الإنسان مشقة، فإنها ترفع قدره، وتزيد في حسناته
Similarly, truthfulness, trustworthiness, righteousness, and benevolence, though they cost effort, elevate one's status and increase his good deeds.
تُكَلِّفُ — they cost. A present-tense verb completing the linking-verb frame, 'cost / burden', carrying its own 'they' subject. The pairing 'were + cost' gives the sense 'they keep costing', and this verb takes two objects, the person and the cost.
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