Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

كَافُّوا

Root: كف

Form: 3

Full Definition

كَافُّواIII i. q. حَاجَزُوهُمْ, which see.
2 مُكَافَّةٌ signifies i. q. مُحَاجَزَةٌ, because it is a preventing, or an abstaining, from fighting.


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