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ك ف ل

Overview

Computed
Occurrences
10
Distinct forms
9

Meaning

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

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

كَفَلَ بَالمَالِ He was, or became, responsible, answerable, accountable, amenable, surety, or guarantee, for the property (Msb) owed by another person: (IbrD:) [it may be rendered he guaranteed the property. See مَكْفُولٌ ]. ― -b2- كَفَلَ بَالنَّفْسِ He was, or became, responsible, answerable, amenable, or surety, for another person, (Msb,) i. e., for the latter's appearance, or presence, to answer a suit. (IbrD.)

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كَفَلٌ The عَجُز [or hinder part, posteriors, buttocks, or rump]: (Msb, K:) or the رِدْف [or hindermost part] thereof: or the [part called] قَطَن . (K.)

كَفِيلٌ One who is responsible, answerable, amenable, or a sponsor or surety. (S, K, &c.)

كَفَالَةٌ Responsibility; answerableness; amenability; or suretiship; (S, Mgh, Msb, K;) the conjoining of one responsibility ( ذِمَّة ) to another, [i. e., the conjoining one's own responsibility to that of another person,] with respect to the right of suit, [so that one person becomes liable to be sued for that which another owes]; (Mgh;) i. q. ضَمَانٌ . (S, &c.)

مِكْفَالٌ A woman large in the كَفَل [or hinder part, or posteriors]. (TA in art. ثقل .)

مَكْفُولٌ app. signifies Guaranteed, or pledged: for, accord. to IKtt, as is said in the Msb, you say كَفَلْتُ المَالَ as well as كَفَلْتُ بِالمَالِ ; meaning I took upon myself the property; became responsible, or answerable, for it; [or I guaranteed it:] or مَكْفُولٌ is better rendered ensured by an acknowledgment of responsibility for it: see an ex. voce مَرْهُونٌ .

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Connected roots

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Occurrences · 10 verses

Quranic text · Tanzil Uthmani 1.1

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فَتَقَبَّلَهَارَبُّهَابِقَبُولٍحَسَنٍوَأَنۢبَتَهَانَبَاتًاحَسَنًاوَكَفَّلَهَازَكَرِيَّاكُلَّمَادَخَلَعَلَيْهَازَكَرِيَّاٱلْمِحْرَابَوَجَدَعِندَهَارِزْقًاقَالَيَٰمَرْيَمُأَنَّىٰلَكِهَٰذَاقَالَتْهُوَمِنْعِندِٱللَّهِإِنَّٱللَّهَيَرْزُقُمَنيَشَآءُبِغَيْرِحِسَابٍ

Reference 3:37
Taa-Haa 20:40Quranic text

إِذْتَمْشِىٓأُخْتُكَفَتَقُولُهَلْأَدُلُّكُمْعَلَىٰمَنيَكْفُلُهُۥفَرَجَعْنَٰكَإِلَىٰٓأُمِّكَكَىْتَقَرَّعَيْنُهَاوَلَاتَحْزَنَوَقَتَلْتَنَفْسًافَنَجَّيْنَٰكَمِنَٱلْغَمِّوَفَتَنَّٰكَفُتُونًافَلَبِثْتَسِنِينَفِىٓأَهْلِمَدْيَنَثُمَّجِئْتَعَلَىٰقَدَرٍيَٰمُوسَىٰ

Reference 20:40

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