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كفن

Root entry · 10 derived lemmas

The root ك-ف-ن (k-f-n) primarily relates to covering, shrouding, and concealing. It extends to meanings of wrapping, spinning, and even sexual intercourse, as well as specific terms for food lacking salt and a place of sitting during intercourse.

Derived headwords

كَفَنَverb
  1. 1.
    to shroudboth

    To wrap a dead body in a shroud.

  2. 2.
    to coverboth

    To cover or bury something, like a loaf of bread in embers.

  3. 3.
    to spinclassical

    To spin wool.

كَفَنnoun
  1. 1.
    shroudboth

    The cloth used to wrap a dead body.

تَكَفَّنَverb
  1. 1.
    to be shroudedboth

    To be wrapped in a shroud, used reflexively for the deceased.

مُكَفَّنadjective
  1. 1.
    shroudedboth

    Wrapped in a shroud.

طعام كَفَنnoun
  1. 1.
    unsalted foodclassical

    Food that lacks salt.

مَكْفُونadjective
  1. 1.
    lacking salt and milkclassical

    Describing people who are deprived of essential provisions like salt, milk, and meat.

مُكْتَفِنnoun
  1. 1.
    place of sitting during intercourseclassical

    The specific position or place of sitting during sexual intercourse.

اكْتَفَنَverb
  1. 1.
    to have intercourseclassical

    To engage in sexual intercourse.

كُفْنَةnoun
  1. 1.
    plant that produces everythingclassical

    A type of plant, specifically a type of heat-loving plant that produces abundantly.

كَفْنَةnoun
  1. 1.
    treeclassical

    A type of tree.

Parallel reading

كَفَنَ الخُبْزَةَ في المَلَّةِ يَكْفُنُها: وَارَاهَا بِهَا
To cover a loaf of bread in embers means to bury it within them.
وَالصُّوفَ: غَزَلَهُ
And wool: to spin it.
وَالمَيِّتَ: أَلْبَسَهُ الكَفَنَ، كَكَفَّنَهُ
And the deceased: to dress him in the shroud, like 'to shroud him'.
وَطَعَامٌ كَفَنٌ: لَا مِلْحَ فِيهِ
And unsalted food: it has no salt in it.
وَهُمْ مُكَفَّنُونَ: لَيْسَ لَهُمْ مِلْحٌ وَلَا لَبَنٌ وَلَا أَدَمٌ
And they are deprived: they have no salt, nor milk, nor meat.
وَالمُكْتَفِنُ: مَوْضِعُ قُعُودِكَ مِنْهَا عِنْدَ النِّكَاحِ
And the place of sitting: it is your place of sitting during intercourse.
وَاقْتَفَنَهَا: جَامَعَهَا
And to have intercourse with her: to have sexual intercourse with her.
وَالكُفْنَةُ، بِالضَّمِّ، مِنَ الحِرَارِ: الَّتِي تُنْبِتُ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ
And al-Kufnah, with dammah, from the heat-loving plants: that which produces everything.
وَبالفَتْحِ: شَجَرٌ
And with fatha: a tree.