kitāf
shackle, handcuff
كِتاف
Word
Noun · pattern فِعالRoot
ك ت فForms
- Plural
- كُتُف
In the library
فعمد إلى بعد الوحوش واستوثق منه كتافاً وشقه على الصفة التي شق بها الظبية حتى وصل القلب.
Hayy ibn Yaqzan, page 7 →From the same root
- كَتَفَcross arms, bind
- كَتَّفَcross arms, bind
- كَتِفshoulder
- كِتْفbuttress
- تَكَتَّفَcross arms, bind
- أَكْتَفbroad-shouldered
- تَكاتَفَbe in solidarity with each other, support eac...
- تَكاتُفsolidarity
- مَكْتُوفfolded, crossed, tied
- اِسْتَكْتَفَcross arms, bind
- مُتَكاتِفmutually supportive, in mutual solidarity
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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