qafā

neck, nape, back, reverse

قَفاً

Word

Noun

Root

ق ف و

Forms

Plurals: أَقْفِيَة، أَقْفِي، أَقْف، أَقْفاء، قُفِيّ، قِفِيّ

In the library

128 - باب جواز الاستلقاء عَلَى القفا ووضع إحدى الرِّجلين عَلَى الأخرى إِذَا لم يَخف انكشاف العورة وجواز القعود متربعاً ومحتبياً

Riyad al-Salihin, page 365 →

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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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