kānafa

shelter, protect

كانَفَ

Word

Verb · Form III

Root

ك ن ف

Forms

Present: يُكانِفُ

Conjugation

Person	Past	Present	Command
he هُوَ	كانَفَ	يُكانِفُ	—
she هِيَ	كانَفَت	تُكانِفُ	—
they two (m.) هُما	كانَفا	يُكانِفانِ	—
they two (f.) هُما	كانَفَتا	تُكانِفانِ	—
they (m.) هُمْ	كانَفُوا	يُكانِفُونَ	—
they (f.) هُنَّ	كانَفْنَ	يُكانِفْنَ	—
you (m.) أَنْتَ	كانَفْتَ	تُكانِفُ	كانِفْ
you (f.) أَنْتِ	كانَفْتِ	تُكانِفِينَ	كانِفِي
you two أَنْتُما	كانَفْتُما	تُكانِفانِ	كانِفَا
you (m. pl.) أَنْتُمْ	كانَفْتُم	تُكانِفُونَ	كانِفُوا
you (f. pl.) أَنْتُنَّ	كانَفْتُنَّ	تُكانِفْنَ	كانِفْنَ
I أَنا	كانَفْتُ	أُكانِفُ	—
we نَحْنُ	كانَفْنا	نُكانِفُ	—

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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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