ءك ف

Root entry · 15 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the 'ikāf', a type of saddle or pack for a donkey or mule. It also extends to the act of saddling or equipping an animal with such a device, and the maker of such equipment.

Derived headwords

إِكَافnoun

1.
saddleboth
A pack-saddle or riding saddle, particularly for a donkey or mule, resembling a 'raḥl' or 'aqtāb'.
2.
cost of a saddleclassical
Figuratively, the price or value of an 'ikāf', used in a proverb to denote self-respect and avoiding dishonorable means.

أَكَفَّهُverb

1.
to saddleboth
To place or fasten the 'ikāf' (saddle) onto a donkey or mule.

تَأْكِيفnoun

1.
saddlingboth
The act of saddling or equipping an animal with an 'ikāf'.

آكَفَverb

1.
to saddleboth
To place or fasten the 'ikāf' (saddle) onto a donkey or mule.

إِيكَافnoun

1.
saddlingboth
The act of placing or fastening the 'ikāf' (saddle) onto an animal.

مُؤَكَّفadjective

1.
saddledboth
An animal, typically a donkey, that has an 'ikāf' (saddle) placed upon it.

آكِفَةnoun

1.
saddlesclassical
Plural of 'ikāf', referring to multiple saddles.

أَكْفnoun

1.
saddlesclassical
Plural of 'ikāf', referring to multiple saddles.

الْوِكَافnoun

1.
saddle makerclassical
One who makes or crafts the 'ikāf' (saddle).

وَكَفَverb

1.
to saddleboth
To place or fasten the 'ikāf' (saddle) onto a donkey or mule.

تَوْكِيفnoun

1.
saddlingboth
The act of saddling or equipping an animal with an 'ikāf'.

أُوكِفَهُverb

1.
to saddleboth
To place or fasten the 'ikāf' (saddle) onto a donkey or mule.

إِيكَافnoun

1.
saddlingboth
The act of placing or fastening the 'ikāf' (saddle) onto an animal.

الْأَكَافnoun

1.
saddle makerclassical
One who makes or crafts the 'ikāf' (saddle).

مُعَكَّفَةadjective

1.
saddledclassical
Figuratively, described as being like donkeys burdened with saddles, implying a state of humiliation or burden.

Parallel reading

إكاف الحمار، ككتاب، كما في الصحاح

The 'ikāf' of a donkey, like 'kitāb', as in Al-Ṣiḥāḥ.

وأكافه، مثل غراب

And he saddled it, like 'ghurāb'.

وبرذعته، وهو في المراكب شبه الرحال والأقتاب

And its pack-saddle, which in transport is like the 'riḥāl' and 'aqtāb'.

إن لنا أحمرة عجافا يأكلن كل ليلة إكافا أي: ثمن إكاف يباع وتطعم ثمنه

Indeed, we have lean donkeys that eat every night an 'ikāf', meaning: the price of an 'ikāf' is sold and its price is fed.

تجوع الحرة ولا تأكل ثديبها

The free woman starves rather than eat the price of her breast.

والأكاف كشداد: صانعه، وكذلك الوكاف

And the 'akāf', like 'shaddād': its maker, and likewise the 'wikāf'.

آكف الحمار، إيكافا نقله الجوهري

He saddled the donkey, 'īkāfan', as transmitted by Al-Jawharī.

وأكفه تأكيفا لغة فيه، نقله الصاغاني، أي شده عليه ووضعه

And 'akaffahu' 'ta'kīfan' is a dialectal variant, transmitted by Al-Ṣāghānī, meaning: he fastened it upon it and placed it.

وكذلك أوكفه إيكافا

And likewise, he 'awkāfahu' 'īkāfan'.

آكف البغل لغة بني تميم، وأوكفه، لغة أهل الحجاز

'Ākfa' the mule is a dialect of Banu Tamīm, and 'awkafahu', a dialect of the people of Hijaz.

وأكف الإكاف تأكيفا: اتخذه

And he 'akaffa' the 'ikāf' 'ta'kīfan': he made it.

وكذلك وكف توكيفا

And likewise, he 'wakkfa' 'tawkīfan'.

جمع الإكاف: آكفة، وأكف، كإزار وآزرة وأزر

The plural of 'ikāf': 'ākifah', and 'akf', like 'izār' and 'āzirah' and 'azr'.

وحمار مؤكف، كمكرم موضوع عليه الإكاف

And a 'mu'akkaf' donkey, like 'mukram', upon which the 'ikāf' is placed.

حتى إذا ما آض ذا أعراف كالكودن الموكف بالإكاف

Until it became one with a mane, like the mule saddled with the 'ikāf'.

رايتهم على الهوان معكفة، كأنهم حمر مؤكفة

I saw them in humiliation, 'mu'akkafah', as if they were saddled donkeys.