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كَفَلَ

Word

Verb · Form I

Root

ك ف ل

Forms

Present: يَكْفُلُ

In the library

ذَٰلِكَ مِنْ أَنْبَاءِ الْغَيْبِ نُوحِيهِ إِلَيْكَ ۚ وَمَا كُنْتَ لَدَيْهِمْ إِذْ يُلْقُونَ أَقْلَامَهُمْ أَيُّهُمْ يَكْفُلُ مَرْيَمَ وَمَا كُنْتَ لَدَيْهِمْ إِذْ يَخْتَصِمُونَ

The Qurʾān, page 55 →

Conjugation

Person	Past	Present	Command
he هُوَ	كَفَلَ	يَكْفُلُ	—
she هِيَ	كَفَلَت	تَكْفُلُ	—
they two (m.) هُما	كَفَلا	يَكْفُلانِ	—
they two (f.) هُما	كَفَلَتا	تَكْفُلانِ	—
they (m.) هُمْ	كَفَلُوا	يَكْفُلُونَ	—
they (f.) هُنَّ	كَفَلْنَ	يَكْفُلْنَ	—
you (m.) أَنْتَ	كَفَلْتَ	تَكْفُلُ	اُكْفُلْ
you (f.) أَنْتِ	كَفَلْتِ	تَكْفُلِينَ	اُكْفُلِي
you two أَنْتُما	كَفَلْتُما	تَكْفُلانِ	اُكْفُلَا
you (m. pl.) أَنْتُمْ	كَفَلْتُم	تَكْفُلُونَ	اُكْفُلُوا
you (f. pl.) أَنْتُنَّ	كَفَلْتُنَّ	تَكْفُلْنَ	اُكْفُلْنَ
I أَنا	كَفَلْتُ	أَكْفُلُ	—
we نَحْنُ	كَفَلْنا	نَكْفُلُ	—

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Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 6 entries

كَفَلَ بَالمَالِ Form I He was, or became, responsible, answerable, accountable, amenable, surety, or guarantee, for the property

He was, or became, responsible, answerable, accountable, amenable, surety, or guarantee, for the property (Msb) owed by another person: (IbrD:) [it may be rendered he guaranteed the property. See مَكْفُولٌ]. ― -b2- كَفَلَ بَالنَّفْسِ He was, or became, responsible, answerable, amenable, or surety, for another person, (Msb,) i. e., for the latter's appearance, or presence, to answer a suit. (IbrD.)
كَفَلٌ hinder part, posteriors, buttocks, or rump

The عَجُز [or hinder part, posteriors, buttocks, or rump]: (Msb, K:) or the رِدْف [or hindermost part] thereof: or the [part called] قَطَن. (K.)
كَفِيلٌ responsible, answerable, amenable, or a sponsor or surety

One who is responsible, answerable, amenable, or a sponsor or surety. (S, K, &c.)
كَفَالَةٌ Responsibility; answerableness; amenability; or suretiship

Responsibility; answerableness; amenability; or suretiship; (S, Mgh, Msb, K;) the conjoining of one responsibility (ذِمَّة) to another, [i. e., the conjoining one's own responsibility to that of another person,] with respect to the right of suit, [so that one person becomes liable to be sued for that which another owes]; (Mgh;) i. q. ضَمَانٌ. (S, &c.)
مِكْفَالٌ large in the كَفَل

A woman large in the كَفَل [or hinder part, or posteriors]. (TA in art. ثقل.)
مَكْفُولٌ Guaranteed, or pledged

app. signifies Guaranteed, or pledged: for, accord. to IKtt, as is said in the Msb, you say كَفَلْتُ المَالَ as well as كَفَلْتُ بِالمَالِ; meaning I took upon myself the property; became responsible, or answerable, for it; [or I guaranteed it:] or مَكْفُولٌ is better rendered ensured by an acknowledgment of responsibility for it: see an ex. voce مَرْهُونٌ.

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