kanafa

protect, enclose

كَنَفَ

Word

Verb · Form I

Root

ك ن ف

Forms

Present: يَكْنُفُ

Conjugation

Person	Past	Present	Command
he هُوَ	كَنَفَ	يَكْنُفُ	—
she هِيَ	كَنَفَت	تَكْنُفُ	—
they two (m.) هُما	كَنَفا	يَكْنُفانِ	—
they two (f.) هُما	كَنَفَتا	تَكْنُفانِ	—
they (m.) هُمْ	كَنَفُوا	يَكْنُفُونَ	—
they (f.) هُنَّ	كَنَفْنَ	يَكْنُفْنَ	—
you (m.) أَنْتَ	كَنَفْتَ	تَكْنُفُ	اُكْنُفْ
you (f.) أَنْتِ	كَنَفْتِ	تَكْنُفِينَ	اُكْنُفِي
you two أَنْتُما	كَنَفْتُما	تَكْنُفانِ	اُكْنُفَا
you (m. pl.) أَنْتُمْ	كَنَفْتُم	تَكْنُفُونَ	اُكْنُفُوا
you (f. pl.) أَنْتُنَّ	كَنَفْتُنَّ	تَكْنُفْنَ	اُكْنُفْنَ
I أَنا	كَنَفْتُ	أَكْنُفُ	—
we نَحْنُ	كَنَفْنا	نَكْنُفُ	—

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Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 8 entries

كنف Open entry

See Supplement
اِكْتَنَفَهُ القَوْمُ Form VIII The people were on his right and left

The people were on his right and left. (Msb.) ― -b2- اِكْتَنَفَهُ It bordered it on either side.
كَنَفٌ Vicinage or neighbourhood, or region or quarter or tract, and shadow or shelter or protection

Vicinage or neighbourhood, or region or quarter or tract, and shadow or shelter or protection. (K.) ― -b2- كَنَفَا الإِنْسَانِ The man's two sides, right and left. (TA.)
كَنُوفٌ Open entry

: see قَذُورٌ, in two places.
كَنِيفٌ Open entry

: see زِرْبٌ.
كُنَافَةٌ A kind of pastry

A kind of pastry, resembling vermicelli, made of fine flour and water mixed in such proportions as to compose a thin paste, which is poured into a vessel whose bottom is pierced with numerous small holes: the vessel being then moved circuitously over a large round tray of tinned copper, beneath which is a fire, the paste runs in fine streams, is quickly but slightly baked. and swept off. For eating, it is slightly baked with clarified butter (سمن), and then sweetened with honey, or sometimes with treacle, or sugar. ― -b2- كُنَافَةٌ i. q. Pers. رِشْتَهْ قَطَايأِفْ [Thread katáïf]. (KL.) See إِطْرِيَةٌ.
كَنَفَانِىٌّ Open entry

A maker or seller of كُنَافَة.
مُكَانِفٌ that lies down behind the other camels

A she-camel that lies down behind the other camels. (Az, cited in L, art. روح.)

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