كفت

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Form 1كَفَتَ9 senses · 3 main

muḍāriʿـِيَفْعِلُmaṣdarكَفْتٌ

Core sense — he turned him away; he hastened; he drew it together to himselfgenerated

1.1

It (a thing) turned over, back for belly:.

Or, as in a copy of the L, he turned a thing over, back for belly.

1.1.1he turned him away, or diverted him, from his course or design—كَفَتَهُ

Also كَفَتَهُ عَنْ وَجْهِهِ; maṣdars كَفْتٌ and كفّته.

he withheld him, or restrained him, from the thing he wanted—كَفَتَهُ عَنْ حَاجَتِهِ

1.1.2God took him—كفّتهُ اللّٰهُ

Same as قَبَضَهُ, meaning he died; and so also كفتة اللّٰه اليه.

1.2he, or it, hastened, or was quick, or swift—كَفَتٌ

maṣdars كَفْتٌ, كِفَاتٌ, كَفِيتٌ and كَفَتَانٌ.

Said of a bird and the like: it was quick in flying and in running, and contracted itself in doing so.

Said of a solid-hoofed animal: it contracted its fore-legs quickly in running.

The kind of running and flying called كَفَتَانٌ is like a starting aside with violence.

1.3he drove him, or urged him on, violently—كَفَتَهُ

1.3.1he drew the thing together to himself, and grasped it, or took it—كَفَتَ الشَّىْءَ إِلَيْهِ

he drew the thing together to himself, and grasped it, or took it—كفّته

This form has an intensive meaning. [See an example of it in a verse cited under رَاجِلَةٌ.]

1.3.2draw your boys together, and confine them in the houses, or tents, at night—إِكْفِتُوا صِبْيَانَكُمْ بِاللَّيْلِ

Said by Mohammad; reported by A 'Obeyd.

1.3.3we have been forbidden to draw together the clothes [that are upon us] in prayer—نُهِينَا أَنْ نَكْفِتَ الثِّيَابَ فِى الصَّلَاةِ

That is, in the bowing of the body and in prostration.

1.3.4he hung the coat of mail by means of the sword, and then drew it together to him—كَفَتَ الدِّرْعَ بِالسَّيْفِ

That is, its lower part, hung upon the sword he was wearing.

Zuheyr says, describing a coat of mail whose wearer had hung its redundant lower parts upon the sword and then drawn it together to him: [And an ample coat of mail, like the pool which the east wind ripples in transverse directions; white; the redundant lower parts of which he had hung upon the sword of Indian steel, and which he had then drawn together to him.]

shāhid

وَ مُفَاضَةٍ كَٱلنَّهْىِ تَنْسِجُهُ الصَّبَابَيْضَاءَ كَفَّتَ فَضْلَهَا بِمُهَنَّدِ

also كفّتها, which has an intensive meaning.

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, [aor. كَفِتَ ,] inf. n. كَفْتٌ , It (a thing) turned over, lit, back for belly: (K:) or, as in a copy of the L, he turned a thing over, back for belly. (TA.) كَفَتَهُ , (K,) or كَفَتَهُ عَنْ وَجْهِهِ , (S,) aor. كَفِتَ , (K,) inf. n. كَفْتٌ ; and كفّته ; (TA;) He turned him away, averted him, or diverted him, from his course, or design. (S, K.) (You say) كَفَتَهُ عَنْ حَاجَتِهِ He withheld him, restrained him, or debarred him, from the thing that he wanted. (As.) كفّتهُ اللّٰهُ God took him; syn. قَبَضَهُ : meaning he died: and so كفتة اللّٰه اليه . (TA.) كَفَتٌ , [aor. كَفِتَ , (S, K) inf. n. كَفْتٌ and كِفَاتٌ and كَفِيتٌ and كَفَتَانٌ , (K,) He, or it, hastened, or was quick, or swift: (S:) it (a bird &c.) hastened, or was quick, or swift, in flying, and running, and contracted itself therein: (K:) it (a solid-hoofed animal) contracted its fore-legs quickly in running: (Az:) the kind of running and flying termed كَفَتَانٌ is like a turning aside, or starting aside, ( حَيَدَانٌ ) with violence, or vehemence. (TA.) كَفَتَهُ , [aor. كَفِتَ ,] inf. n. كَفْتٌ , He drove him, or urged him on, vehemently. (S.) كَفَتَ الشَّىْءَ إِلَيْهِ , (aor. كَفِتَ , inf. n. كَفْتٌ , S,); and كفّته ; (but the latter has an intensive signification; S;) He drew the thing together to himself, (S, K,) and contracted it, grasped it, or took it. (K.) [See an ex. of the latter verb in a verse cited voce رَاجِلَةٌ .] إِكْفِتُوا صِبْيَانَكُمْ بِاللَّيْلِ (S) Draw together your boys, and confine them in the houses, or tents, at night. (A 'Obeyd.) Said by Mohammad. نُهِينَا أَنْ نَكْفِتَ الثِّيَابَ فِى الصَّلَاةِ We have been forbidden to draw together the clothes [that are upon us] in prayer: meaning, in the inclination of the body, and in prostration. (TA, from a trad.) كَفَتَ الدِّرْعَ بِالسَّيْفِ , aor. كَفِتَ ; and كفّتها ; which latter has an intensive signification; He hung the coat of mail [i.e. the lower part of it] by means of, or upon, the sword [which he was wearing], and then drew it together to him. Zuheyr says, describing a coat of mail, of which the wearer had hung upon the sword the redundant lower portions, and drawn it together to him, 1 [And an ample coat of mail, like the pool which the east wind ripples in transverse directions; white; the redundant lower parts of which he had hung upon the sword of Indian steel, and which he had then drawn together to him.] (TA.) وَ مُفَاضَةٍ كَٱلنَّهْىِ تَنْسِجُهُ الصَّبَا | بَيْضَاءَ كَفَّتَ فَضْلَهَا بِمُهَنَّدِ

Form 2كَفَّتَ1 sense

Core sense — he drew it together to himself, with an intensive forcegenerated

2.1

See form 1, in two places.

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see 1, in two places.

Form 3كافتهُ2 senses

Core sense — he contended with him in a race; he died suddenlygenerated

3.1

He contended with him in running, or in a race.

3.2he died suddenly—مَاتَ كِفَاتًا

he died suddenly—مُكَافَتَةً

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He contended with him in running, or in a race. (K.) مَاتَ كِفَاتًا , and مُكَافَتَةً , He died suddenly. (K.)

Form 7انكفت7 senses · 3 main

Core sense — he turned away from his course; he returned; he became contractedgenerated

7.1he turned away, or became diverted, from his course or design—عَنْ وَجْهِهِ

7.1.1he returned from his course or design—عن وجهه

he returned to his abode—إِلَى مَنْزِلِهِ

7.2

He, or it, became contracted; and so also استكفت.

7.2.1

Said of a garment: it was drawn up, or tucked up, and contracted.

7.2.2

He was compact in make.

7.2.3

Said of a horse: he was lean, lank, slender, light of flesh, or lank in the belly.

7.3his, or its, colour changed—انكفت لَوْنُهُ

In art. كفأ.

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He turned away, or became averted, or diverted, [ عَنْ وَجْهِهِ from his course, or design]. (K.) He returned [ عن وجهه from his course, or design; and] إِلَى مَنْزِلِهِ to his abode. (TA.) He, or it, became contracted; (K;) and so استكفت . (TA in art. سكف .) It (a garment) was drawn up, or tucked up, and contracted. (TA.) He was compact in make. (K, TA.) He (a horse) was lean, lank, slender, light of flesh, or lank in the belly. (K.) انكفت لَوْنُهُ His, or its, colour changed. (TA, art. كفأ .)

Form 8اكتفت المَالَ1 sense

Core sense — he took the whole of the property and gathered it to himselfgenerated

8.1

He took the whole of the property, and drew it together to himself.

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He took the whole of the property, (K,) and drew it together to himself. (TA.)

Form 10إِسْتَكْفَتَ1 sense

Core sense — he, or it, became contractedgenerated

10.1

See form 7.

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see 7.

Derived nouns 9

Nounكَفْتٌ5 senses · 3 main

Core sense — quick, swift, light and slender; a quick running; deathgenerated

1a man who is quick, or swift, light, active, and slender—كَفِيتٌ

The same is said of a horse.

Also كَفِتٌ, according to Ks.

1.1a quick, or swift, running; also a passing by, or through—عَدْوٌ كَفِيتٌ

Also كِفَاتٌ, which was originally a maṣdar.

1.2figurative · مجازdeath—كَفْتٌ

2bread without seasoning, or without savoury food—خُبْزٌ كَفْتٌ

See also art. كلت.

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, and كُفَتَةٌ , A horse that leaps, springs, or bounds, with his whole body and limbs, and so that one cannot get possession of him, or obtain the mastery over him. (K.) See also art. كلت .

Nounكفت1 sense

Core sense — a certain herbgenerated

Written without the vowel points: a certain herb.

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[written without the syll. points] A certain herb. (See كَفُّ الكَلْبِ , in art. كلب .)

Nounكِفَاتٌ1 sense

Core sense — a place that draws things together and comprehends themgenerated

1Have we not made the earth a place which comprehends the living and the dead?—أَلَمْ نَجْعَلِ ٱلْأَرْضَ كِفَاتًا أَحْيَاءً وَأَمْوَاتًا

A place in which a thing is drawn together, or comprehended, and collected.

So in Kur 77:25 and 26, where the meaning is كِفَاتَ أَحْيَاءٍ وَأَمْوَاتٍ.

Esh-Shaabee, pointing to the houses of El-Koofeh, said هٰذِهِ كِفَاتُ الأَحْيَاءش, and then, turning to its tombs, said هٰدهِ كِفَاتُ الأَمْوَاتِ, meaning to explain this text.

But ISd thinks that كفاتا in this text is a maṣdar, and that احياء and امواتا are governed by it in the accusative case.

Qur’ānic occurrences كِفَات

77:25

أَلَمْ نَجْعَلِ ٱلْأَرْضَ كِفَاتًا

Have We not made the earth (as a place) to draw together.

Occurrences of this form in the Qur’ān, not Lane’s choice of verse. They show the word in use; they do not say which sense above applies. Where more occur than are shown, the shortest āyāt are chosen.

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A place in which a thing is drawn together, or comprehended, (S, K,) and collected, or congregated. (K.) So in the words of the Kur [lxxvii. 25 and 26,] أَلَمْ نَجْعَلِ ٱلْأَرْضَ كِفَاتًا أَحْيَاءً وَأَمْوَاتًا [Have we not made the earth a place which comprehends the living and the dead? meaning كِفَاتَ أَحْيَاءٍ وَأَمْوَاتٍ :] (S:) EshShaabee, pointing to the houses of El-Koofeh, said, هٰذِهِ كِفَاتُ الأَحْيَاءش ; and then, turning to its tombs, he said, هٰدهِ كِفَاتُ الأَمْوَاتِ ; meaning to explain the above text of the Kur: but ISd thinks, that كفاتا in this text is an inf. n., and that احياء and امواتا are governed by it in the acc. case. (TA.)

Nounكَفِيتٌ4 senses · 2 main

Core sense — food that sustains life; one who contends in a race; a bag that loses nothinggenerated

See كَفْتٌ.

1.1food by which the body is sustained, or enough to sustain life—كَفِيتٌ

One who contends with another in running, or in a race.

As used in the tradition in which Mohammad says حُبِّبِ إِلَىَّ النِّسَاءُ وَالطِّيبُ وَرُزِقْتُ الكَفِيتَ [Women and perfumes have been made objects of love, or pleasant, to me; and I have been supplied with, or have received, and the like].

Or what sustains life; or that by which the food needed for the support of life is drawn together and properly prepared for use; or the means of acquiring subsistence.

Or power for coition, according to El-Hasan; or strength for coition.

Or a certain food sent down to Mohammad from heaven, of which he ate, and by which he received strength for coition. He is related to have said that Gabriel came to him with a cooking-pot called الكَفِيتُ, from which he derived the strength of forty men. But Sgh says, in the TS, that the descent of the cooking-pot from heaven is not accepted as true by the authors on the traditions.

1.2

See كِفْتٌ.

2a traveller's provision-bag that lets nothing escape of what is put into it—كَفِيتٌ

You say جِرَابٌ كفيتٌ, and also كِفْتٌ.

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: see كَفْتٌ . One who contends with another in running, or in a race. (TA.) كَفِيتٌ , as used in the following trad., in which Mohammad says, حُبِّبِ إِلَىَّ النِّسَاءُ وَالطِّيبُ وَرُزِقْتُ الكَفِيتَ [Women and perfumes have been made objects of love, or pleasant, to me; and I have been supplied with, or have received, &c.], signifies Food by which the body is sustained; or, sufficient to sustain life: or what sustains life: (TA:) or that by which food necessary for the support of life is drawn, or collected, together, (K,) and properly prepared for use: (TA:) [or the means of acquiring subsistence, &c.:] or coition; [meaning power for coition;] so accord. to El-Hasan: or strength for coition: or certain food that was sent down to Mohammad from heaven, of which he ate, and whereby he received strength for coition: he is related to have said, that Gabriel came to him with a cooking-pot called الكَفِيتُ , from which he derived the strength of forty men in coition: but Sgh says, in the TS, that the descent of the cookingpot from heaven is not accepted as true by the authors on the traditions. (TA.) See كِفْتٌ . كَفِيتٌ A traveller's provision-bag that does not lose [or suffer to escape] anything (K) of what is put into it: you say جِرَابٌ كفيتٌ : (TA:) as also كِفْتٌ . (K.)

Nounالكَفَّاتُ1 sense

Core sense — the liongenerated

The lion.

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The lion. (TS, K.)

Nounمُكْفِتٌ1 sense

Core sense — one who wears two coats of mail with a garment between themgenerated

One who wears two coats of mail with a garment between them.

Or one who wears a long coat of mail and draws its skirt together by means of hooks, or the like, to loops in its middle part, to free himself of the lower part.

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One who wears two coats of mail with a garment between them: (K:) or who wears a long coat of mail, and draws together its skirt by means of hooks, or the like, to loops in its middle part, to disencumber himself of the lower part. (T.)