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كافأهُ

Root: كفأ

Form: 3

Full Definition

كافأهُIII , Verbal.Noun مُكَافَأَةُ and كِفَأءٌ, He requited, compensated, or recompensed, him for a thing.
2 مَا لِى بِهِ قِبَلٌ وَلَا كِفَآءٌ I have not power to requite him.
3 كافأه, Verbal.Noun مُكَافَأَةٌ and كِفَآءٌ, He was like him; was equal to him; equalled him.

def.2 كافأه He watched him; observed him.

def.3 كافأ, Verbal.Noun مُكَافَأَةٌ, He repelled; turned, or put away; kept away, or off; withstood, or resisted.
2 كافأ بَيْنَ فَارِسَيْنِ بِرُمْحِهِ He thrust this horseman, and then that, with his spear.
3 كافأ بين البَعِيرَيْنِ He stabbed this camel, and then that.

def.4 لَا مُكَافَأَةَ عِنْدِى فِى كَذَا There is no concealment with me in respect of such a thing; as also لا مُحَاجَاةَ. (TA in art. حجو.)
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