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ك ف ف

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15
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10

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Morphology · Lane's Lexicon · CC BY-SA 3.0

From Edward William Lane, An Arabic-English Lexicon (1863–1893), under the root كف. Digitised by the Perseus Project (Tufts); Arabic decoded from Perseus's transliteration.

كَفَّ التَّوْبَ He sewed the edge, or border, of the garment, or piece of cloth, the second time, (S, K,) after the [slight] sewing termed المَلُّ , (S,) or الشَّلُّ . (K.) ― -b2- [He felled (a seam or garment).] ― -b3- كَفَّ عَنْهُ , aor. كَفُ3َ , He refrained, or forbore, from it, as forbidden; abstained, or desisted, from it; left, relinquished, or forsook it: (Msb:) [as also ↓ انكفّ ]. ― -b4- كَفَّ عَنْهُ He refrained, desisted, forbore, abstained, or held, from it. (K, &c.) ― -b5- كَفَّهُ عَنْهُ He made him to refrain, forbear, or abstain, from it; averted him, turned him away or back, from it; (K;) prevented, hindered, held, withheld, or restrained, him from it. (Mgh, Msb, TA.) ― -b6- [ كَفَّ بَيْنَهُمَا He interposed as a restrainer between them two: a phrase of frequent occurrence]. ― -b7- كَفَّ مِنَ الشَّعَرِ (M, K, art. قصر ) He shortened the hair. (M, ibid.)

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كَافُّوا عَدُوَّهُمْ i. q. حَاجَزُوهُمْ , which see. ― -b2- مُكَافَّةٌ signifies i. q. مُحَاجَزَةٌ , because it is a preventing, or an abstaining, from fighting. (Mgh.)

اـِنْكَفَ3َ see 1.

كَفٌّ [generally The hand: sometimes, app., the palm only:] accord. to Az, the palm with the fingers. (Msb.) ― -b2- [Hence, A cake of the length and thickness of the hand: thus in the present day. See عُجَّالٌ .] ― -b3- كَفٌّ A handful; what one takes with the hand, or grasps; syn. قُبْضَةٌ . (S, art. قبض .) ― -b4- [ ضَرَبَهُ كَفًّا He struck him a slap with the hand.] ― -b5- [ كَفٌّ often signifies The paw of a beast.] ― -b6- الكَفُّ الجَذْمَا=ءُ The star α of Cetus. ― -b7- الكَفُّ الخَضِيبُ The β of Cassiopeia.

كَفَّةٌ : see كِفَّةٌ .

كُفَّةٌ The selvage, i. e. border, or side, of a garment or piece of cloth, (S, Msb,) that has no هُدْب [or end of unwoven threads]: (S, voce طُرَّةٌ :) or what surrounds the skirt of a shirt: or whatever is oblong; as the حَاشِيَة of a garment or piece of cloth, and of sand: and the edge of a thing. (K.)

كِفَّةٌ The bezel, or collet, i. e. the part in which the stone is set, of a signet-ring. (TA in art. ركب .) See كُرْسِىٌّ . ― -b2- See also طَرْقٌ . ― -b3- كِفَّةٌ A scale of a balance: (MA:) vulg. ↓ كَفَّةٌ . (K.)

كَفَافٌ The like of a thing. (S, K.) ― -b2- Food, or sustenance, that renders one independent of others: (S, K:) or sufficient for one's want, not exceeding nor falling short. (Msb.)

كِفَافٌ The circuit, rim, or surrounding edge, of a thing. (S, K.)

كِفَافَةٌ [app. a subst., not an inf. n.,] The act, or art, of sewing in the manner termed كَفٌّ ; (TA;) contr. of شِلَاشَةٌ . (TA in art. شل .)

نَاقَةٌ كَافَّةٌ An old and weak she-camel. (AO, TA in art. سدم .) ― -b2- [ مَا كَافَّةٌ The restrictive مَا , which is annexed to أَنَّ اـِنَّ , &c.: so called because it restrains the particle to which it is adjoined from exercising any government.] ― -b3- كَافَّةً Wholly. (Bd and Jel in ii. 204.)

حَرْفُ مُكَافَأَةٍ A particle denoting compensation, or the complement of a condition; like حَرْفُ جَزَا=ءٍ .

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Occurrences · 14 verses

Quranic text · Tanzil Uthmani 1.1

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The Women 4:77Quranic text

أَلَمْتَرَإِلَىٱلَّذِينَقِيلَلَهُمْكُفُّوٓا۟أَيْدِيَكُمْوَأَقِيمُوا۟ٱلصَّلَوٰةَوَءَاتُوا۟ٱلزَّكَوٰةَفَلَمَّاكُتِبَعَلَيْهِمُٱلْقِتَالُإِذَافَرِيقٌمِّنْهُمْيَخْشَوْنَٱلنَّاسَكَخَشْيَةِٱللَّهِأَوْأَشَدَّخَشْيَةًوَقَالُوا۟رَبَّنَالِمَكَتَبْتَعَلَيْنَاٱلْقِتَالَلَوْلَآأَخَّرْتَنَآإِلَىٰٓأَجَلٍقَرِيبٍقُلْمَتَٰعُٱلدُّنْيَاقَلِيلٌوَٱلْـَٔاخِرَةُخَيْرٌلِّمَنِٱتَّقَىٰوَلَاتُظْلَمُونَفَتِيلًا

Reference 4:77
The Women 4:91Quranic text

سَتَجِدُونَءَاخَرِينَيُرِيدُونَأَنيَأْمَنُوكُمْوَيَأْمَنُوا۟قَوْمَهُمْكُلَّمَارُدُّوٓا۟إِلَىٱلْفِتْنَةِأُرْكِسُوا۟فِيهَافَإِنلَّمْيَعْتَزِلُوكُمْوَيُلْقُوٓا۟إِلَيْكُمُٱلسَّلَمَوَيَكُفُّوٓا۟أَيْدِيَهُمْفَخُذُوهُمْوَٱقْتُلُوهُمْحَيْثُثَقِفْتُمُوهُمْوَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكُمْجَعَلْنَالَكُمْعَلَيْهِمْسُلْطَٰنًامُّبِينًا

Reference 4:91
The Table 5:110Quranic text

إِذْقَالَٱللَّهُيَٰعِيسَىٱبْنَمَرْيَمَٱذْكُرْنِعْمَتِىعَلَيْكَوَعَلَىٰوَٰلِدَتِكَإِذْأَيَّدتُّكَبِرُوحِٱلْقُدُسِتُكَلِّمُٱلنَّاسَفِىٱلْمَهْدِوَكَهْلًاوَإِذْعَلَّمْتُكَٱلْكِتَٰبَوَٱلْحِكْمَةَوَٱلتَّوْرَىٰةَوَٱلْإِنجِيلَوَإِذْتَخْلُقُمِنَٱلطِّينِكَهَيْـَٔةِٱلطَّيْرِبِإِذْنِىفَتَنفُخُفِيهَافَتَكُونُطَيْرًۢابِإِذْنِىوَتُبْرِئُٱلْأَكْمَهَوَٱلْأَبْرَصَبِإِذْنِىوَإِذْتُخْرِجُٱلْمَوْتَىٰبِإِذْنِىوَإِذْكَفَفْتُبَنِىٓإِسْرَٰٓءِيلَعَنكَإِذْجِئْتَهُمبِٱلْبَيِّنَٰتِفَقَالَٱلَّذِينَكَفَرُوا۟مِنْهُمْإِنْهَٰذَآإِلَّاسِحْرٌمُّبِينٌ

Reference 5:110
The Repentance 9:36Quranic text

إِنَّعِدَّةَٱلشُّهُورِعِندَٱللَّهِٱثْنَاعَشَرَشَهْرًافِىكِتَٰبِٱللَّهِيَوْمَخَلَقَٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِوَٱلْأَرْضَمِنْهَآأَرْبَعَةٌحُرُمٌذَٰلِكَٱلدِّينُٱلْقَيِّمُفَلَاتَظْلِمُوا۟فِيهِنَّأَنفُسَكُمْوَقَٰتِلُوا۟ٱلْمُشْرِكِينَكَآفَّةًكَمَايُقَٰتِلُونَكُمْكَآفَّةًوَٱعْلَمُوٓا۟أَنَّٱللَّهَمَعَٱلْمُتَّقِينَ

Reference 9:36

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