كف

See also: کف

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
ك ف ف (k-f-f)

Verb

كَفَّ • (kaffa) I, non-past يَكُفُّ‎ (yakuffu)

1. (intransitive, constructed with عَن (ʕan)) to desist or to cease
2. (transitive) to hem, to skirt
3. (intransitive, constructed with مِنْْ (min)) to curb, to contain, to constrict
4. (transitive, constructed with ْعَن (ʕan)) to hinder, to keep somebody off from something
   • وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِى كَفَّ أَيْدِيَهُمْ عَنكُمْ وَأَيْدِيَكُمْ عَنْهُم بِبَطْنِ مَكَّةَ مِنۢ بَعْدِ أَنْ أَظْفَرَكُمْ عَلَيْهِمْ ۚ وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ بَصِيرًاhttps://quran.com/48:24

     And it is He who withheld their hands from you and your hands from them within [the area of] Makkah after He caused you to overcome them. And ever is Allāh, of what you do, Seeing.

Conjugation

Conjugation of

كَفَّ

(form-I geminate, verbal noun كَفّ)

verbal noun الْمَصْدَر						كَفّ kaff
active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل						كَافّ kāff
passive participle اِسْم الْمَفْعُول						مَكْفُوف makfūf
active voice الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	كَفَفْتُ kafaftu	كَفَفْتَ kafafta	كَفَّ kaffa		كَفَفْتُمَا kafaftumā	كَفَّا kaffā		كَفَفْنَا kafafnā	كَفَفْتُمْ kafaftum	كَفُّوا kaffū
	f		كَفَفْتِ kafafti	كَفَّتْ kaffat			كَفَّتَا kaffatā			كَفَفْتُنَّ kafaftunna	كَفَفْنَ kafafna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أَكُفُّ ʔakuffu	تَكُفُّ takuffu	يَكُفُّ yakuffu		تَكُفَّانِ takuffāni	يَكُفَّانِ yakuffāni		نَكُفُّ nakuffu	تَكُفُّونَ takuffūna	يَكُفُّونَ yakuffūna
	f		تَكُفِّينَ takuffīna	تَكُفُّ takuffu			تَكُفَّانِ takuffāni			تَكْفُفْنَ takfufna	يَكْفُفْنَ yakfufna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أَكُفَّ ʔakuffa	تَكُفَّ takuffa	يَكُفَّ yakuffa		تَكُفَّا takuffā	يَكُفَّا yakuffā		نَكُفَّ nakuffa	تَكُفُّوا takuffū	يَكُفُّوا yakuffū
	f		تَكُفِّي takuffī	تَكُفَّ takuffa			تَكُفَّا takuffā			تَكْفُفْنَ takfufna	يَكْفُفْنَ yakfufna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أَكُفَّ or أَكُفِّ or أَكْفُفْ ʔakuffa or ʔakuffi or ʔakfuf	تَكُفَّ or تَكُفِّ or تَكْفُفْ takuffa or takuffi or takfuf	يَكُفَّ or يَكُفِّ or يَكْفُفْ yakuffa or yakuffi or yakfuf		تَكُفَّا takuffā	يَكُفَّا yakuffā		نَكُفَّ or نَكُفِّ or نَكْفُفْ nakuffa or nakuffi or nakfuf	تَكُفُّوا takuffū	يَكُفُّوا yakuffū
	f		تَكُفِّي takuffī	تَكُفَّ or تَكُفِّ or تَكْفُفْ takuffa or takuffi or takfuf			تَكُفَّا takuffā			تَكْفُفْنَ takfufna	يَكْفُفْنَ yakfufna
imperative الْأَمْر	m		كُفَّ or كُفِّ or اُكْفُفْ kuffa or kuffi or ukfuf			كُفَّا kuffā				كُفُّوا kuffū
	f		كُفِّي kuffī							اُكْفُفْنَ ukfufna
passive voice الْفِعْل الْمَجْهُول
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	كُفِفْتُ kufiftu	كُفِفْتَ kufifta	كُفَّ kuffa		كُفِفْتُمَا kufiftumā	كُفَّا kuffā		كُفِفْنَا kufifnā	كُفِفْتُمْ kufiftum	كُفُّوا kuffū
	f		كُفِفْتِ kufifti	كُفَّتْ kuffat			كُفَّتَا kuffatā			كُفِفْتُنَّ kufiftunna	كُفِفْنَ kufifna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أُكَفُّ ʔukaffu	تُكَفُّ tukaffu	يُكَفُّ yukaffu		تُكَفَّانِ tukaffāni	يُكَفَّانِ yukaffāni		نُكَفُّ nukaffu	تُكَفُّونَ tukaffūna	يُكَفُّونَ yukaffūna
	f		تُكَفِّينَ tukaffīna	تُكَفُّ tukaffu			تُكَفَّانِ tukaffāni			تُكْفَفْنَ tukfafna	يُكْفَفْنَ yukfafna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أُكَفَّ ʔukaffa	تُكَفَّ tukaffa	يُكَفَّ yukaffa		تُكَفَّا tukaffā	يُكَفَّا yukaffā		نُكَفَّ nukaffa	تُكَفُّوا tukaffū	يُكَفُّوا yukaffū
	f		تُكَفِّي tukaffī	تُكَفَّ tukaffa			تُكَفَّا tukaffā			تُكْفَفْنَ tukfafna	يُكْفَفْنَ yukfafna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أُكَفَّ or أُكَفِّ or أُكْفَفْ ʔukaffa or ʔukaffi or ʔukfaf	تُكَفَّ or تُكَفِّ or تُكْفَفْ tukaffa or tukaffi or tukfaf	يُكَفَّ or يُكَفِّ or يُكْفَفْ yukaffa or yukaffi or yukfaf		تُكَفَّا tukaffā	يُكَفَّا yukaffā		نُكَفَّ or نُكَفِّ or نُكْفَفْ nukaffa or nukaffi or nukfaf	تُكَفُّوا tukaffū	يُكَفُّوا yukaffū
	f		تُكَفِّي tukaffī	تُكَفَّ or تُكَفِّ or تُكْفَفْ tukaffa or tukaffi or tukfaf			تُكَفَّا tukaffā			تُكْفَفْنَ tukfafna	يُكْفَفْنَ yukfafna

Etymology 2

Root
ك ف ف (k-f-f)

From Proto-Semitic *kapp-. Cognate with Hebrew כף (kaf).

Noun

كَفّ • (kaff) f (dual كَفَّانِ (kaffāni), plural كُفُوف (kufūf) or أَكُفّ (ʔakuff))

1. palm of the hand, the inner surface of the hand from wrist to finger tips
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 18:42:

     وَأُحِيطَ بِثَمَرِهِ فَأَصْبَحَ يُقَلِّبُ كَفَّيْهِ عَلَىٰ مَا أَنفَقَ فِيهَا وَهِيَ خَاوِيَةٌ عَلَىٰ عُرُوشِهَا وَيَقُولُ يَا لَيْتَنِي لَمْ أُشْرِكْ بِرَبِّي أَحَدًا

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2. paw, foot, claw
3. handful

   Synonym: حَفْنة (ḥafna)

4. scale (balance)
5. glove
6. quire
7. bar (of candy)

Declension

Declension of noun كَفّ (kaff)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	كَفّ kaff	الْكَفّ al-kaff	كَفّ kaff
Nominative	كَفٌّ kaffun	الْكَفُّ al-kaffu	كَفُّ kaffu
Accusative	كَفًّا kaffan	الْكَفَّ al-kaffa	كَفَّ kaffa
Genitive	كَفٍّ kaffin	الْكَفِّ al-kaffi	كَفِّ kaffi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	كَفَّيْن kaffayn	الْكَفَّيْن al-kaffayn	كَفَّيْ kaffay
Nominative	كَفَّانِ kaffāni	الْكَفَّانِ al-kaffāni	كَفَّا kaffā
Accusative	كَفَّيْنِ kaffayni	الْكَفَّيْنِ al-kaffayni	كَفَّيْ kaffay
Genitive	كَفَّيْنِ kaffayni	الْكَفَّيْنِ al-kaffayni	كَفَّيْ kaffay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	كُفُوف‎; أَكُفّ kufūf‎; ʔakuff	الْكُفُوف‎; الْأَكُفّ al-kufūf‎; al-ʔakuff	كُفُوف‎; أَكُفّ kufūf‎; ʔakuff
Nominative	كُفُوفٌ‎; أَكُفٌّ kufūfun‎; ʔakuffun	الْكُفُوفُ‎; الْأَكُفُّ al-kufūfu‎; al-ʔakuffu	كُفُوفُ‎; أَكُفُّ kufūfu‎; ʔakuffu
Accusative	كُفُوفًا‎; أَكُفًّا kufūfan‎; ʔakuffan	الْكُفُوفَ‎; الْأَكُفَّ al-kufūfa‎; al-ʔakuffa	كُفُوفَ‎; أَكُفَّ kufūfa‎; ʔakuffa
Genitive	كُفُوفٍ‎; أَكُفٍّ kufūfin‎; ʔakuffin	الْكُفُوفِ‎; الْأَكُفِّ al-kufūfi‎; al-ʔakuffi	كُفُوفِ‎; أَكُفِّ kufūfi‎; ʔakuffi

Descendants

• Gulf Arabic: چَف (/t͡ʃɐf/)
• Maltese: keff
• → Persian: کف

Noun

كَفّ • (kaff) m

1. verbal noun of كَفَّ (kaffa) (form I) – abstaining, abstention, cessation, desistance, discontinuation, refraining, stoppage, suspension

Declension

Declension of noun كَفّ (kaff)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	كَفّ kaff	الْكَفّ al-kaff	كَفّ kaff
Nominative	كَفٌّ kaffun	الْكَفُّ al-kaffu	كَفُّ kaffu
Accusative	كَفًّا kaffan	الْكَفَّ al-kaffa	كَفَّ kaffa
Genitive	كَفٍّ kaffin	الْكَفِّ al-kaffi	كَفِّ kaffi

Hijazi Arabic

Root
ك ف ف
1 term

Etymology

From Arabic كَفّ (kaff), from Proto-Semitic *kapp-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaff/, [kaf]

Noun

كف • (kaff) m (dual كَفِّين (kaffēn), plural كُفوف (kufūf))

1. palm of the hand
2. thwack, slap
3. scale (balance)

Derived terms

• أَعْطى كَف (ʔaʕṭa kaff, “to slap”, verb)

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Persian کف (kaf, “foam, froth”).

Noun

كف • (kef)

1. froth, foam, scum, lather

   Synonym: كوپوك (köpük)

Derived terms

• كف دریا (kef darya, “pumice stone”)

Descendants

• Turkish: kef
• → Armenian: քեֆ (kʻef)

Further reading

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• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “kef4”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2520
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “كف”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 1030
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Spuma”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎^[2], Vienna, column 1588
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “كف”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[3], Vienna, column 3975
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “kef”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “كف”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[4], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1557

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic كَفّ (kaff, “palm of the hand, hand, paw”).

Noun

كف • (kef) (plural اكف)

1. hand, the part of the fore limb below the forearm or wrist

   Synonyms: ال (el), دست (dest), ید (yed)

2. palm of the hand, the inner and concave part of the hand

   Synonyms: آوج (avuc), آیا (aya)

3. paw, the soft foot of a mammal, generally a quadruped

   Synonym: پنچه (pençe)

Descendants

• Turkish: kef

Further reading

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• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “kef3”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2520
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “كف”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[5], Constantinople: Mihran, page 1030
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Vola”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎^[6], Vienna, column 1785
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “كف”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[7], Vienna, column 3975
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “كف”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[8], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1557

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Arabic كَفّ (kaff, “abstention”).

Noun

كف • (kef)

1. waiver, desistance, withdrawal, an act of withdrawing
2. (prosody) drop of the last consonant of the feet

Descendants

• Turkish: kef

Further reading

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• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “kef3”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2520
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “كف”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[9], Constantinople: Mihran, page 1030
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “كف”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[10], Vienna, column 3976
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “كف”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[11], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1557

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ك ف ف
3 terms

Etymology

From Arabic كَفّ (kaff).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaff/, [kaf]

• Audio (Ramallah)

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Noun

كفّ • (kaff) m (plural كفوف (kfūf))

1. palm (of the hand)

   Synonym: كفة (kaffe)

2. sole (of the foot)

   Synonym: كفة (kaffe)

3. glove
4. slap (in the face)