كفف

Root entry · 11 derived lemmas

The root كفف primarily denotes the concept of holding back, restraining, collecting, or sufficiency. It extends to meanings of protection, preservation, and containment, as well as encompassing groups of people or things that are gathered together. It also relates to the edge or border of something and a state of being just enough.

Derived headwords

يَكُفُّverb

1.
to hold backboth
To restrain, prevent, or stop something from happening or moving.
2.
to collectboth
To gather or bring together things or people.
3.
to protectboth
To safeguard or preserve something, especially one's dignity or resources.

المؤمن أخو المؤمن يكف عليه ضيعته أي يجمع عليه معيشته ويضمها إليه — The believer is the brother of the believer; he collects and gathers his livelihood for him.

يكف ماء وجهه أي يصونه ويجمعه عن بذل السؤال — He preserves his dignity, meaning he protects and gathers it from the humiliation of begging.

كَفَّverb

1.
to gatherclassical
To collect or bring together, often referring to hair or edges.
2.
to leaveclassical
To cease or desist from an action; to let something be.

كفي رأسي أي اجمعيه وضمي أطرافه — Gather my head (referring to hair), meaning collect it and bring its ends together.

كفي عن رأسي أي دعيه واتركي مشطه — Leave my head alone, meaning let it be and stop combing it.

الكُفُفnoun

1.
poolsclassical
Small bodies of water or depressions that hold water.
2.
gathered thingsclassical
Things that are collected or gathered together, such as animals or plants.

والكفف: النقر التي فيها العيون — And al-kufuf: the depressions that contain springs of water.

مُسْتَكِفَّاتnoun

1.
gathered placesclassical
Places where things are gathered or clustered together.

إلى مستكفات لهن غروب — To places where they gathered, casting shadows.

الكَافَّةnoun

1.
allboth
The entirety of a group; everyone.
2.
groupboth
A collective body of people.

لقيتهم كافة أي كلهم — I met them all, meaning every one of them.

ادخلوا في السلم كافة — Enter into peace, all of you.

كَفَّةnoun

1.
hemboth
The edge or border of a garment, especially when folded over.
2.
edgeboth
The border or margin of any rectangular object.
3.
handboth
The palm of the hand along with the fingers.

كفة القميص وهي حاشيته — The hem of a shirt, which is its edge.

وهي الراحة مع الأصابع — It (the hand) is the palm with the fingers.

مَكْفُوفadjective

1.
blindboth
Having lost the sense of sight; unable to see.

رجل مكفوف أي قد كف بصره من أن ينظر — A blind man, meaning his sight has been restrained from seeing.

أَكَافِيفnoun

1.
mountain slopesclassical
The sides or slopes of a mountain.

أكافيف الجبل: حيوده — The slopes of the mountain: its sides.

كَفَافnoun

1.
sufficiencyboth
A state of being just enough; adequate provision.
2.
sustenanceboth
The minimum amount of food or resources needed to live.
3.
balanceclassical
A state of being neither for nor against, neutral.

لحمه كفاف لأديمه إذا امتلأ جلده من لحمه — His flesh is sufficient for his skin when his skin is full from his flesh.

اللهم اجعل رزق آل محمد كفافا — O Allah, make the provision of the family of Muhammad sufficient.

نَكُفُّverb

1.
to enter intoclassical
To penetrate or enter into a territory or group.
2.
to take fromclassical
To take from the side or vicinity of something.

نجوس عمارة ونكف أخرى — We raid one tribe and enter into another's territory.

كَفّnoun

1.
purslaneclassical
A type of edible plant, also known as the 'foolish herb'.

والكف: الرجلة، حكاه أبو حنيفة يعني به البقلة الحمقاء — And al-kuff: purslane, Abu Hanifa narrated it, meaning the foolish herb.

Parallel reading

المؤمن أخو المؤمن يكف عليه ضيعته أي يجمع عليه معيشته ويضمها إليه

The believer is the brother of the believer; he collects and gathers his livelihood for him.

يكف ماء وجهه أي يصونه ويجمعه عن بذل السؤال

He preserves his dignity, meaning he protects and gathers it from the humiliation of begging.

كفي رأسي أي اجمعيه وضمي أطرافه

Gather my head (referring to hair), meaning collect it and bring its ends together.

وفي رواية: كفي عن رأسي أي دعيه واتركي مشطه

And in another narration: Leave my head alone, meaning let it be and stop combing it.

والكفف: النقر التي فيها العيون

And al-kufuf: the depressions that contain springs of water.

قيل: أراد بالمستكفات الأعين لأنها في كفف

It was said: he meant by al-mustakiffat the eyes because they are in pools (depressions).

والكافة: الجماعة

And al-kaffah: the group.

لقيتهم كافة أي كلهم

I met them all, meaning every one of them.

يا أيها الذين آمنوا ادخلوا في السلم كافة

O you who have believed, enter into Islam completely.

كافة بمعنى الجميع والإحاطة

Kaffah means entirety and encompassing.

كفة القميص وهي حاشيته

The hem of a shirt, which is its edge.

وهي الراحة مع الأصابع

It (the hand) is the palm with the fingers.

رجل مكفوف أي قد كف بصره من أن ينظر

A blind man, meaning his sight has been restrained from seeing.

وقاتلوا المشركين كافة

And fight the polytheists all together.

مسحنفرا من جبال الروم يستره ... منها أكافيف، فيما دونها زور

A vast expanse of the mountains of Rome, concealing it... among them are slopes, and below them is a plain.

فلان لحمه كفاف لأديمه إذا امتلأ جلده من لحمه

So-and-so's flesh is sufficient for his skin when his skin is full from his flesh.

نكف نأخذ في كفتها، وهي ناحيتها، ثم ندعها ونحن نقدر عليها

We take from its side, meaning its vicinity, then we leave it while we are able to.

نفقته الكفاف أي ليس فيها فضل إنما عنده ما يكفه عن الناس

His expenditure is sufficiency, meaning there is no surplus; he only has what suffices him from people.

إذا لم يكن عندك فضل لم تلم على أن لا تعطي أحدا

If you do not have a surplus, you are not blamed for not giving to anyone.

اللهم اجعل رزق آل محمد كفافا

O Allah, make the provision of the family of Muhammad sufficient.

وددت أني سلمت من الخلافة كفافا: لا علي ولا لي

I wished that I could be free from the caliphate with sufficiency: neither for me nor against me.

يضيء كفافا، ويخبو كفافا

It flashes brightly, and it fades away, each time just enough.

والكف: الرجلة، حكاه أبو حنيفة يعني به البقلة الحمقاء

And al-kuff: purslane, Abu Hanifa narrated it, meaning the foolish herb.