كَفَأَ
Root: كفأ
Form: 1
Full Definition
كَفَأَI
He turned a thing over; as a man turns over a cake of bread in his band until it becomes even.
occurs in a trad. respecting the Day of Resurrection, accord. to one relation, for يَكْفَأُ, in this sense: it is said that the earth will be like a single cake of bread, which God will turn over in his hand, as a man in a journey turns over a cake of bread. كَفَأَ, Verbal.Noun كَفٌءٌ and كَفَآءَةٌ; and
, and
; but the first word is said to be the most chaste; He inverted, or turned upside-down, a vessel &c. [You say] كُفِئَتْ جَفْنَتُهُ [His bowl was turned upside-down; meaning]
2 كَفَأَ and , He inclined, or made to turn aside or incline, a bow, in shooting with it, and a vessel, &c. And كَفَأَ and , and انكفأ He, or it, inclined: intrans.
3 كَفَأَهُ عَنْ شَىْ, Verbal.Noun كَفْءٌ, He turned him away, or back from a thing; as from a thing that he desired to do, to another thing. And كَفَأَ عَنْ شَىْءٍ He turned away, or back, from a thing: intrans. [See also 4 and 7.] كَفَأَ القَوُمُ The people turned away, or back. [See also 7.]
4 كَفَأَ He drove away a man, or camels.
5 كَفَأَ الإِبِلَ He made an assault upon the camels, and took them away.
6 كَفَأَ He followed, or pursued, another.
7 كَفَأَ الغَنَمُ فِى الشِّعْبِ The sheep entered the ravine.
8 كَفَأَ لَوْنُهُ, and لونه, and تكفّأ لونه, and انكفأ لوزه, (as also انكفت لونه, TA,)
2 كَفَأَ and , He inclined, or made to turn aside or incline, a bow, in shooting with it, and a vessel, &c. And كَفَأَ and , and انكفأ He, or it, inclined: intrans.
3 كَفَأَهُ عَنْ شَىْ, Verbal.Noun كَفْءٌ, He turned him away, or back from a thing; as from a thing that he desired to do, to another thing. And كَفَأَ عَنْ شَىْءٍ He turned away, or back, from a thing: intrans. [See also 4 and 7.] كَفَأَ القَوُمُ The people turned away, or back. [See also 7.]
4 كَفَأَ He drove away a man, or camels.
5 كَفَأَ الإِبِلَ He made an assault upon the camels, and took them away.
6 كَفَأَ He followed, or pursued, another.
7 كَفَأَ الغَنَمُ فِى الشِّعْبِ The sheep entered the ravine.
8 كَفَأَ لَوْنُهُ, and لونه, and تكفّأ لونه, and انكفأ لوزه, (as also انكفت لونه, TA,)
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