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inkaff

desist, refrain

اِنْكَفّ

Word

Verb

Root

ك ف ف

Forms

Present
يَنْكَفُّ
Conjugation
Person PastPresent
he هُوَ اِنْكَفَّيَنْكَفُّ
she هِيَ اِنْكَفَّتتَنْكَفُّ
they two (m.) هُما اِنْكَفّايَنْكَفّانِ
they two (f.) هُما اِنْكَفَّتاتَنْكَفّانِ
they (m.) هُمْ اِنْكَفُّوايَنْكَفُّونَ
they (f.) هُنَّ اِنْكَفَفْنَيَنْكَفِفْنَ
you (m.) أَنْتَ اِنْكَفَفْتَتَنْكَفُّ
you (f.) أَنْتِ اِنْكَفَفْتِتَنْكَفِّينَ
you two أَنْتُما اِنْكَفَفْتُماتَنْكَفّانِ
you (m. pl.) أَنْتُمْ اِنْكَفَفْتُمتَنْكَفُّونَ
you (f. pl.) أَنْتُنَّ اِنْكَفَفْتُنَّتَنْكَفِفْنَ
I أَنا اِنْكَفَفْتُأَنْكَفُّ
we نَحْنُ اِنْكَفَفْنانَنْكَفُّ

From the same root

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Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 12 entries
  • كَفَّ التَّوْبَ Form I He sewed the edge, or border, of the garment, or piece of cloth, the second time
    He sewed the edge, or border, of the garment, or piece of cloth, the second time, (S, K,) after the [slight] sewing termed المَلُّ, (S,) or الشَّلُّ. (K.) ― -b2- [He felled (a seam or garment).] ― -b3- كَفَّ عَنْهُ, aor. , He refrained, or forbore, from it, as forbidden; abstained, or desisted, from it; left, relinquished, or forsook it: (Msb:) [as also ↓ انكفّ]. ― -b4- كَفَّ عَنْهُ He refrained, desisted, forbore, abstained, or held, from it. (K, &c.) ― -b5- كَفَّهُ عَنْهُ He made him to refrain, forbear, or abstain, from it; averted him, turned him away or back, from it; (K;) prevented, hindered, held, withheld, or restrained, him from it. (Mgh, Msb, TA.) ― -b6- [كَفَّ بَيْنَهُمَا He interposed as a restrainer between them two: a phrase of frequent occurrence]. ― -b7- كَفَّ مِنَ الشَّعَرِ (M, K, art. قصر) He shortened the hair. (M, ibid.)
  • كَافُّوا عَدُوَّهُمْ Form III Open entry
    i. q. حَاجَزُوهُمْ, which see. ― -b2- مُكَافَّةٌ signifies i. q. مُحَاجَزَةٌ, because it is a preventing, or an abstaining, from fighting. (Mgh.)
  • إِنْكَفَ3َ Form VII Open entry
    see 1.
  • كَفٌّ hand
    [generally The hand: sometimes, app., the palm only:] accord. to Az, the palm with the fingers. (Msb.) ― -b2- [Hence, A cake of the length and thickness of the hand: thus in the present day. See عُجَّالٌ.] ― -b3- كَفٌّ A handful; what one takes with the hand, or grasps; syn. قُبْضَةٌ. (S, art. قبض.) ― -b4- [ضَرَبَهُ كَفًّا He struck him a slap with the hand.] ― -b5- [كَفٌّ often signifies The paw of a beast.] ― -b6- الكَفُّ الجَذْمَآءُ The star α of Cetus. ― -b7- الكَفُّ الخَضِيبُ The β of Cassiopeia.
  • كَفَّةٌ Open entry
    : see كِفَّةٌ.
  • كُفَّةٌ selvage
    The selvage, i. e. border, or side, of a garment or piece of cloth, (S, Msb,) that has no هُدْب [or end of unwoven threads]: (S, voce طُرَّةٌ:) or what surrounds the skirt of a shirt: or whatever is oblong; as the حَاشِيَة of a garment or piece of cloth, and of sand: and the edge of a thing. (K.)
  • كِفَّةٌ bezel, or collet
    The bezel, or collet, i. e. the part in which the stone is set, of a signet-ring. (TA in art. ركب.) See كُرْسِىٌّ. ― -b2- See also طَرْقٌ. ― -b3- كِفَّةٌ A scale of a balance: (MA:) vulg. ↓ كَفَّةٌ. (K.)
  • كَفَافٌ like
    The like of a thing. (S, K.) ― -b2- Food, or sustenance, that renders one independent of others: (S, K:) or sufficient for one's want, not exceeding nor falling short. (Msb.)
  • كِفَافٌ circuit, rim, or surrounding edge
    The circuit, rim, or surrounding edge, of a thing. (S, K.)
  • كِفَافَةٌ act, or art, of sewing in the manner termed كَفٌّ
    [app. a subst., not an inf. n.,] The act, or art, of sewing in the manner termed كَفٌّ; (TA;) contr. of شِلَاشَةٌ. (TA in art. شل.)
  • نَاقَةٌ كَافَّةٌ An old and weak she-camel
    An old and weak she-camel. (AO, TA in art. سدم.) ― -b2- [مَا كَافَّةٌ The restrictive مَا, which is annexed to أَنَّ إِنَّ, &c.: so called because it restrains the particle to which it is adjoined from exercising any government.] ― -b3- كَافَّةً Wholly. (Bd and Jel in ii. 204.)
  • حَرْفُ مُكَافَأَةٍ A particle denoting compensation, or the complement of a condition
    A particle denoting compensation, or the complement of a condition; like حَرْفُ جَزَآءٍ.

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