كَفَى
Root: كفى
Form: 1
Full Definition
كَفَىI
He, or it, sufficed, or contented: hence كَفَانِى فُلَانٌ الأَمْرَ
Such a one sufficed me, or contented me, in respect of the affair; i. e., by taking upon himself to perform it or accomplish it if good, or to prevent it or avert it if evil: and كَفَانِى شَهِيدًا
He sufficed me as, or for, a witness; or he suffices me as, or for, such: and sometimes بِ is redundantly prefixed to its agent, and sometimes to its objective complement; as in exs. cited in art. ب. See Ham, p. 152. كَفَى [It sufficed, or satisfied, or contented,] it stood instead of another thing, or other things; [as also كَفَى عَنْ غَيْرِهِ.]
2 كَفَى بِنَا for كَفَانَا &c. See W, pp. 5 and 6
3 كَفَى, Present.T يَكْفِى, Verbal.Noun كِفَايَةٌ, also signifies دَفَعَ and مَنَعَ followed by مِنْ. [You say, كَفَاهُ الشَّرَّ He repelled from him evil; and hence, he defended him therefrom; and he freed him therefrom: said of God, and of a man, &c.]
2 كَفَى بِنَا for كَفَانَا &c. See W, pp. 5 and 6
3 كَفَى, Present.T يَكْفِى, Verbal.Noun كِفَايَةٌ, also signifies دَفَعَ and مَنَعَ followed by مِنْ. [You say, كَفَاهُ الشَّرَّ He repelled from him evil; and hence, he defended him therefrom; and he freed him therefrom: said of God, and of a man, &c.]
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