See איכות in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"كيفية",
"كيفية#Arabic"
],
[
"אֵיךְ",
"איך#Hebrew"
],
[
"how",
"how"
],
[
"־וּת",
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],
[
"-ness",
"-ness"
],
[
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"-ity"
],
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"qualitas#Latin"
],
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},
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],
"etymology_text": "Calque of Arabic كيفية. Blending of אֵיךְ (ékh, “how”) + ־וּת (-út, “-ness, -ity; a suffix forming nouns, especially abstract nouns”), similar to the coinage of Latin quālitās (from which English quality is derived).",
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{
"form": "אֵיכוּת",
"tags": [
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]
},
{
"form": "ekhút",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
},
{
"form": "איכויות",
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"indefinite",
"plural"
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},
{
"form": "אֵיכֻיּוֹת",
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}
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},
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"lang_code": "he",
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"references": []
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"parents": [],
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{
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"derived": [
{
"english": "qualitative",
"roman": "ekhutí",
"translation": "qualitative",
"word": "אֵיכוּתִי"
},
{
"english": "quality of the environment",
"roman": "ekhút hasvivá",
"translation": "quality of the environment",
"word": "אֵיכוּת הַסְּבִיבָה"
},
{
"english": "quality assurance",
"roman": "havtakhát ekhút",
"translation": "quality assurance",
"word": "הַבְטָחַת אֵיכוּת"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "As regards tangible objects, we can perceive their quantity and quality by means of our senses, whilst reason maintains that they are borne by a fulcrum which is difficult to imagine. How can we imagine a thing that has neither quantity nor quality?",
"ref": "c. 1140, Yehuda Halevi, Judah ibn Tibbon (Translator to Hebrew), Hartwig Hirschfeld (Translator to English), Kuzari, Article 5:2",
"text": "וְאֹמַר כִּי הַמּוּחָשִׁים לֹא הִשַּׂגְנוּ בְחוּשֵׁינוּ כִּי אִם כַּמּוּתָם וְאֵיכוּתָם, וְיִגְזֹר הַשֵּׂכֶל כִּי הֵם נְשׂוּאוֹת בְּנוֹשֵׂא, וְהַנּוֹשֵׂא הַהוּא יִקְשֶׁה לְהַעֲלוֹת צוּרָתוֹ עַל לֵב, וְאֵיךְ נַעֲלֶה עַל לֵב צוּרַת דָּבָר שֶׁאֵין לוֹ כַמּוּת וְלֹא אֵיכוּת?",
"translation": "As regards tangible objects, we can perceive their quantity and quality by means of our senses, whilst reason maintains that they are borne by a fulcrum which is difficult to imagine. How can we imagine a thing that has neither quantity nor quality?",
"type": "quotation"
}
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"quality",
"quality"
]
]
}
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},
{
"english": "quality of the environment",
"roman": "ekhút hasvivá",
"translation": "quality of the environment",
"word": "אֵיכוּת הַסְּבִיבָה"
},
{
"english": "quality assurance",
"roman": "havtakhát ekhút",
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"كيفية",
"كيفية#Arabic"
],
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"אֵיךְ",
"איך#Hebrew"
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"how",
"how"
],
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"־וּת",
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"-ity"
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},
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"english": "As regards tangible objects, we can perceive their quantity and quality by means of our senses, whilst reason maintains that they are borne by a fulcrum which is difficult to imagine. How can we imagine a thing that has neither quantity nor quality?",
"ref": "c. 1140, Yehuda Halevi, Judah ibn Tibbon (Translator to Hebrew), Hartwig Hirschfeld (Translator to English), Kuzari, Article 5:2",
"text": "וְאֹמַר כִּי הַמּוּחָשִׁים לֹא הִשַּׂגְנוּ בְחוּשֵׁינוּ כִּי אִם כַּמּוּתָם וְאֵיכוּתָם, וְיִגְזֹר הַשֵּׂכֶל כִּי הֵם נְשׂוּאוֹת בְּנוֹשֵׂא, וְהַנּוֹשֵׂא הַהוּא יִקְשֶׁה לְהַעֲלוֹת צוּרָתוֹ עַל לֵב, וְאֵיךְ נַעֲלֶה עַל לֵב צוּרַת דָּבָר שֶׁאֵין לוֹ כַמּוּת וְלֹא אֵיכוּת?",
"translation": "As regards tangible objects, we can perceive their quantity and quality by means of our senses, whilst reason maintains that they are borne by a fulcrum which is difficult to imagine. How can we imagine a thing that has neither quantity nor quality?",
"type": "quotation"
}
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