ك

ka, prep. (or rather, governing noun), After the similitude of, like, as:—ka’l-’adam, adj. As though non-existent; non-existent; null and void;—ka’l-’adam jānnā(-ko), To regard as non-existent; to treat as null and void; to set at nought:—ka’l-’adam karnā, v.t. To make null and void, to annul, rescind, etc.:—ka’l-’adam honā, v.n. To become extinct; to come to an end; to come to nought; to become null and void, to be rescinded, etc.:—kan-naqsh fi’l-ḥajar, Like an engraving on stone:—ka-annahu, As if he (or it) was, as it were:—ka-mā, 'The like of what,' like that which, like, such as, as:—ka-māfi’l-awwal, as (it was) in the beginning or originally; as before:—ka-māḥaqqu-hu, As it truly is or should be; as is right or proper, aright, in a proper manner, properly; ka-māhiyaor hī, As things are, as the affair stands;—s.f. Nature or real state of a thing;—ka-māyambagī, As is proper, etc. (=kamā ḥaqqu-hu, q.v.).