كف

See also: کف

Arabic

Etymology 1

From the root ك ف ف (k-f-f).

Verb

كَفَّ (kaffa) I, non-past يَكُفُّ‎ (yakuffu)

  1. (transitive) to hem, to skirt
  2. (intransitive, constructed with مِنْْ (min)) to curb, to contain, to constrict
  3. (transitive, constructed with ْعَن (ʿan)) to hinder, to keep somebody off from something
  4. (intransitive, constructed with عَن (ʿan)) to desist or to cease
  5. (intransitive, constructed with عَن (ʿan)) to refrain or to abstain

Conjugation

Etymology 2

From the root ك ف ف (k-f-f), from Proto-Semitic *kapp-.

Noun

كَفّ (kaff) f (dual كَفَّانِ (kaffāni), plural كُفُوف (kufūf) or أَكُفّ (ʾakuff))

  1. hand, palm of the hand
  2. thwack, slap
  3. glove
  4. paw, foot, claw
  5. handful
  6. scale (balance)
  7. quire
  8. bar (of candy)

Declension

Noun

كَفّ (kaff) m

  1. verbal noun of كَفَّ (kaffa) (form I)abstaining, abstention, cessation, desistance, discontinuation, refraining, stoppage, suspension

Declension

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