katafa

cross arms, bind

كَتَفَ

Word

Verb · Form I

Root

ك ت ف

Forms

Present: يَكْتِفُ

In the library

إن سمعت من صاحبك كلامًا, أو رأيت منه رأيًا يعجبك, فلا تنتحله تزينًا به عند الناس, واكتفِ من التزين بأن تجتني الصواب إذا سمعته، وتنسبه إلى صاحبه.

The Small and the Great Book of Manners, page 90 →

Conjugation

Person	Past	Present	Command
he هُوَ	كَتَفَ	يَكْتِفُ	—
she هِيَ	كَتَفَت	تَكْتِفُ	—
they two (m.) هُما	كَتَفا	يَكْتِفانِ	—
they two (f.) هُما	كَتَفَتا	تَكْتِفانِ	—
they (m.) هُمْ	كَتَفُوا	يَكْتِفُونَ	—
they (f.) هُنَّ	كَتَفْنَ	يَكْتِفْنَ	—
you (m.) أَنْتَ	كَتَفْتَ	تَكْتِفُ	اِكْتِفْ
you (f.) أَنْتِ	كَتَفْتِ	تَكْتِفِينَ	اِكْتِفِي
you two أَنْتُما	كَتَفْتُما	تَكْتِفانِ	اِكْتِفَا
you (m. pl.) أَنْتُمْ	كَتَفْتُم	تَكْتِفُونَ	اِكْتِفُوا
you (f. pl.) أَنْتُنَّ	كَتَفْتُنَّ	تَكْتِفْنَ	اِكْتِفْنَ
I أَنا	كَتَفْتُ	أَكْتِفُ	—
we نَحْنُ	كَتَفْنا	نَكْتِفُ	—

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Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 4 entries

كَتِفٌ shoulder-blade

[The shoulder-blade;] a wide bone behind the shoulder-joint. (Mgh.) ― -b2- [Hence, The shoulder itself.] See طُرَّةٌ and مُوأُرَّبٌ.
كُِتْفاَنٌ Open entry

, as an epithet applied to the locust, see in TA, voce مُسَيَّحٌ. See also جَرَادٌ.
كِتَافٌ Open entry

of a زَبِيل: see حَتِىٌّ.
كَتِيفَةٌ A broad piece of iron

i. q. ضَبَّةٌ A broad piece of iron. A poet speaks of a wooden vessel of which a fracture is mended with a كتيفة. (S.)

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