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buttress

كِتْف

Word

Noun · pattern فِعْل

Root

ك ت ف

Forms

Plural
أَكْتاف

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ومعْنى"مائِلاتٌ"قيل: عَن طاعة اللَّه تعالى وَمَا يَلزَمُهُنَّ حِفْظُهُ،"ممِيلاتٌ"أيْ: يُعلِّمْنَ غَيرهُنَّ فِعْلَهُنَّ المذْمُوم، وَقِيلَ مائِلاتٌ يَمْشِينَ مُتَبخْترات، مُمِيلاتٍ لأكْتَافِهنَّ، وقِيلَ: مائِلاتٌ يمْتَشِطْنَ المِشْطَةَ المَيْلاءَ: وهىَ مِشْطَةُ الْبغَايا

Riyad al-Salihin, page 671 →

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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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