iqtafaā

follow, track, imitate

اِقْتَفَىَ

Word

Verb

Root

ق ف و

Forms

Present: يَقْتَفِي

In the library

وولى أسال هارباً منه خيفة أن يشغله عن حاله، فاقتفى حي بن يقظان أثره لما كان في طباعه من البحث عن الحقائق.

Hayy ibn Yaqzan, page 27 →

Conjugation

Person	Past	Present
he هُوَ	اِقْتَفَى	يَقْتَفِي
she هِيَ	اِقْتَفَت	تَقْتَفِي
they two (m.) هُما	اِقْتَفَيا	يَقْتَفِيانِ
they two (f.) هُما	اِقْتَفَتا	تَقْتَفِيانِ
they (m.) هُمْ	اِقْتَفَوْا	يَقْتَفُونَ
they (f.) هُنَّ	اِقْتَفَيْنَ	يَقْتَفِينَ
you (m.) أَنْتَ	اِقْتَفَيْتَ	تَقْتَفِي
you (f.) أَنْتِ	اِقْتَفَيْتِ	تَقْتَفِينَ
you two أَنْتُما	اِقْتَفَيْتُما	تَقْتَفِيانِ
you (m. pl.) أَنْتُمْ	اِقْتَفَيْتُم	تَقْتَفُونَ
you (f. pl.) أَنْتُنَّ	اِقْتَفَيْتُنَّ	تَقْتَفِينَ
I أَنا	اِقْتَفَيْتُ	أَقْتَفِي
we نَحْنُ	اِقْتَفَيْنا	نَقْتَفِي

From the same root

All words from ق ف و →

Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 4 entries

1 Form I He followed his track, or footsteps; tracked him

He followed his track, or footsteps; tracked him. (S, Msb.) ― -b2- قَفَا فُلَانًا He followed the footsteps of such a one. (TA.) See قَصَّ أَثَرَهُ, which signifies the same, for a better explanation. See also قَفَوَتُ أَثَرَهُ.
قَفًا back of the neck

The back of the neck. (S, Msb, K.) ― -b2- عَيْنَاهُ فِى قَفَاهُ is said of him who is put to flight. because he looks behind him, fearing pursuit. (TA in art. انف.) And جَعَلَ أَنْفَهُ فِى قَفَاهُ: see أَنْفٌ. ― -b3- [Also the back of the hand: and the flat back of a knife and the like.]
قَفِيَّةٌ Open entry

: see دَوَآءُ.
قَافِيَةٌ A verse; a single verse of a poem

, by synecdoche, for ذُو قَافِيَةٍ, (IJ,) (tropical:) A verse; a single verse of a poem. (Akh, Az, TA.) ― -b2- Also, [by a further extension of the proper signification,] A قَصِيدَة [or an ode, or a poem]. (Az, IJ, TA.)

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