كفو

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the concept of being equal, equivalent, or a match for someone or something. It encompasses notions of likeness, parity, and suitability, often in the context of comparison or refutation.

Derived headwords

الكُفُوnoun

1.
Equal, peerboth
An equal, a peer, or someone equivalent to another. This is considered a variant pronunciation of 'الكفؤ'.

الكُفَىnoun

1.
Equal, peerclassical
An equal, a peer, or someone equivalent to another. This is a variant pronunciation, similar to 'هدى'.

الكُفْءnoun

1.
Equal, peer, matchboth
An equal, a peer, or someone or something that is a match or equivalent to another.

كُفُوًاnoun

1.
Equalclassical
Used adverbially or as a noun meaning 'equal' or 'equivalent'.

كفاname

1.
Fortressclassical
A name for a fortress or strategic point located in the Roman territories.

كفويadjective

1.
Relating to Kufaclassical
An adjective indicating relation or attribution to the fortress named Kufa.

Parallel reading

الكفو النظير، لغة في (الكفؤ)

Al-kufw is the peer, a dialectal variant of (al-kuf'u).

ويجوز أن يريدوا به الكفؤ فيخففوا ثم يسكنوا

And it is possible that they intend by it 'al-kuf'u', so they lighten it and then make it quiescent.

حكى أبو زيد: سمعت امرأة من عقيل وزوجها يقرآن: {لم يلد ولم يولد ولم يكن له كفوا أحد}

Abu Zayd narrated: I heard a woman from the tribe of 'Aqil and her husband reciting: 'He has not begotten, nor has He been begotten, and there is none like unto Him.'

فألقى الهمزة وحول حركتها على الفاء

So he dropped the hamza and transferred its vowel to the fa'.

كفا: ثغر من ثغور الروم

Kufa: a fortress among the fortresses of the Romans.

والنسبة إليه كفوي

And the attribution to it is Kufawi.