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Root entry · 16 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of sufficiency, adequacy, and being enough. It extends to providing for someone's needs, being content with something, and also includes meanings related to sustenance and the growth of plants.

Derived headwords

كَفَاهُ مُؤْنَتَهُverb
  1. 1.
    to suffice for his needsboth

    To provide for someone's expenses or necessities, thus relieving them of the burden.

يَكْفِيهِverb
  1. 1.
    it suffices himboth

    Something is enough for him or meets his needs.

كِفَايَةnoun
  1. 1.
    sufficiencyboth

    The state or quality of being enough or adequate.

  2. 2.
    provisionboth

    The act of providing for someone's needs.

كَفَاكَ الشَّيْءverb
  1. 1.
    the thing sufficed youboth

    A thing was enough for you or met your needs.

اكْتَفَى بِهِverb
  1. 1.
    to be content with itboth

    To be satisfied with something and not seek more.

اسْتَكْفَيْتُهُ الشَّيْءَverb
  1. 1.
    I asked him to suffice meboth

    To request someone to provide for one's needs or to handle a task.

فَكَفَانِيهِverb
  1. 1.
    so it sufficed meboth

    It was enough for me or met my needs.

كَافٍadjective
  1. 1.
    sufficientboth

    Adequate, enough to meet a need or requirement.

كَفِيّadjective
  1. 1.
    sufficientboth

    Adequate, enough to meet a need or requirement.

كَافِيكَ مِنْ رَجُلphrase
  1. 1.
    enough of a man for youboth

    An expression indicating that someone is a capable or sufficient person.

كَفِيكَ مِنْ رَجُلphrase
  1. 1.
    enough of a man for youboth

    An expression indicating that someone is a capable or sufficient person.

كَفِّيَّةnoun
  1. 1.
    sustenanceclassical

    The food or provisions necessary for living.

كَفَىverb
  1. 1.
    to be enoughboth

    To be sufficient or adequate.

تَكَفَّى النَّبَاتverb
  1. 1.
    the plant grew tallclassical

    The vegetation reached a considerable height.

كَغَنِيٍّnoun
  1. 1.
    rainclassical

    Precipitation in the form of water droplets.

بَيْعُ الْكِفَايَةnoun
  1. 1.
    sale of sufficiencyclassical

    A type of sale where a seller accepts payment from a third party to settle a debt owed by the buyer.

Parallel reading

كَفَاهُ مُؤْنَتَهُ
He sufficed for his needs.
يَكْفِيهِ
It suffices him.
كَفَاكَ الشَّيْء
The thing sufficed you.
اكْتَفَيْتُ بِهِ
I was content with it.
اسْتَكْفَيْتُهُ الشَّيْءَ فَكَفَانِيهِ
I asked him to suffice me for the thing, and it sufficed me.
كَافِيكَ مِنْ رَجُل
Enough of a man for you.
كَفِيكَ مِنْ رَجُل
Enough of a man for you.
الْكَفِيَّةُ: الْقُوتُ
The sustenance: the provisions.
وَتَكَفَّى النَّبَاتُ
And the plant grew tall.
وَكَغَنِيٍّ: الْمَطَرُ
And like Ghani: the rain.
وَبَيْعُ الْكِفَايَةِ: أَنْ يَكُونَ لِي عَلَى رَجُلٍ خَمْسَةُ دَرَاهِمَ، وَأَشْرِي مِنْكَ شَيْئًا بِخَمْسَةٍ، فَأَقُولُ: خُذْهَا مِنْهُ
And the sale of sufficiency: is that I have five dirhams on a man, and I buy something from you for five, and I say: take it from him.