كَفٌّ
Root: كف
Full Definition
كَفٌّ
[generally The hand: sometimes, app., the palm only:] accord. to Az, the palm with the fingers.
2 [Hence, A cake of the length and thickness of the hand: thus in the present day. See عُجَّالٌ.]
3 كَفٌّ A handful; what one takes with the hand, or grasps; syn. قُبْضَةٌ. (S, art. قبض.)
4 [ضَرَبَهُ كَفًّا He struck him a slap with the hand.]
5 [كَفٌّ often signifies The paw of a beast.]
6 الكَفُّ الجَذْمَآءُ
7 الكَفُّ الخَضِيبُ
2 [Hence, A cake of the length and thickness of the hand: thus in the present day. See عُجَّالٌ.]
3 كَفٌّ A handful; what one takes with the hand, or grasps; syn. قُبْضَةٌ. (S, art. قبض.)
4 [ضَرَبَهُ كَفًّا He struck him a slap with the hand.]
5 [كَفٌّ often signifies The paw of a beast.]
6 الكَفُّ الجَذْمَآءُ
The starα of Cetus.
7 الكَفُّ الخَضِيبُ
Theβ of Cassiopeia.
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