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kāfaā

be enough, suffice, reward

كافَىَ

Word

Verb

Root

ء ك ف

Forms

Present
يُكافِي

In the library

هذا لا يكون إلا عن تكاف ( 1 ) في المودة وائتلاف صحيح ، وقد رأيته كثيراً .

The Ring of the Dove, page 27 →
Conjugation
Person PastPresent
he هُوَ كافَىيُكافِي
she هِيَ كافَتتُكافِي
they two (m.) هُما كافَيايُكافِيانِ
they two (f.) هُما كافَتاتُكافِيانِ
they (m.) هُمْ كافَوْايُكافُونَ
they (f.) هُنَّ كافَيْنَيُكافِينَ
you (m.) أَنْتَ كافَيْتَتُكافِي
you (f.) أَنْتِ كافَيْتِتُكافِينَ
you two أَنْتُما كافَيْتُماتُكافِيانِ
you (m. pl.) أَنْتُمْ كافَيْتُمتُكافُونَ
you (f. pl.) أَنْتُنَّ كافَيْتُنَّتُكافِينَ
I أَنا كافَيْتُأُكافِي
we نَحْنُ كافَيْنانُكافِي

From the same root

All words from ء ك ف →

Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 4 entries
  • اكّف الإِكَافَ Form II He made the اكاف
    , inf. n. تَأْكِيفٌ, He made the اكاف; (K;) as also وكّفهُ, inf. n. تَوْكِيفٌ; which latter, accord. to IF, is the original form. (TA.) ― -b2- See also 4.
  • آكف الحِمَارَ Form IV He bound
    , (S, Mgh, Msb, K,) inf. n. إِيكَافٌ, (K,) He bound, (S, K, TA,) or put, (Msb, TA,) the إِكَاف upon the ass; (S, Msb, K;) as also ↓ أكّفهُ; (Sgh, K;) and اوكفهُ; (S, Mgh, K;) which is of the dial. of the people of El-Hijáz; the first being of the dial. of Benoo-Temeem: and in like manner, البَغْلَ the mule. (Lh.)
  • إِكَافٌ pad, or stuffed saddle, generally stuffed with straw
    (S, Mgh, Msb, K) and أُكَافٌ, (K,) as also وِكَافٌ (S, Mgh, Msb, K) and وُكَافٌ, (K in art. وكف,) The بَرْذَعَة, [i. e. pad, or stuffed saddle, generally stuffed with straw,] (K,) of the ass, (S, Mgh, Msb, K,) and also used for the mule, and for the camel; (TA in art. وكف;) a saddle like the رَحْل and قَتَب: (TA:) and a saddle of a horse made in the form of the ass's اكاف, having at its fore part [or pommel] a thing resembling a pomegranate: (Mgh:) [see also قَتَبٌ:] pl. [of pauc.] آكِفَةٌ (TA) and [of mult.] أُكُفٌ. (S, Mgh, Msb, TA.) Yaakoob asserts that the ا in إِكَافٌ is a substitute for the و in وِكَافٌ. (TA.) A rájiz says, " إِنَّ لَنَا أَحْمِرَةً عِجَافَا يَأْكُلْنَ كُلَّ لَيْلَةٍ إِكَافَا " meaning [Verily we have some lean asses] which eat every night the price of an اكاف. (TA.)
  • أَكَّافٌ maker of the kind of saddle called إِكَاف
    The maker of the kind of saddle called إِكَاف. (K.)

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