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Etymology 1 edit

Root
ن ك ف (n-k-f)

Verb edit

نَكَفَ (nakafa) I, non-past يَنْكُفُ‎ (yankufu)

  1. to wipe away
    نَكَفَ دَمْعًا
    nakafa damʕan
    He wiped away a tear.
  2. to desist, to scorn
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نَكِفَ (nakifa) I, non-past يَنْكَفُ‎ (yankafu)

  1. to reject to do, to abstain from [+ مِنْ (object)]
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Etymology 2 edit

Verb edit

نَكْفِ (nakfi) (form I)

  1. first-person plural non-past active jussive of كَفَى (kafā)

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نُكْفَ (nukfa) (form I)

  1. first-person plural non-past passive jussive of كَفَى (kafā)