اعتكف

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Arabic

Root
ع ك ف (ʕ k f)
3 terms

Verb

اِعْتَكَفَ (iʕtakafa) VIII (non-past يَعْتَكِفُ (yaʕtakifu), verbal noun اِعْتِكَاف (iʕtikāf))

  1. to be busily engaged, attend to with zeal, devote or apply oneself assiduously to God's service (in a mosque)
  2. (loosely) to retreat, to isolate, to stick to, to consign oneself
    Near-synonyms: اِنْعَكَفَ (inʕakafa), عَكَفَ (ʕakafa)
    • 2018, وَجْدِيّ الْأَهْدَل [wajdiyy al-ʔahdal], أرض المؤامرات السعيدة, Bayrūt: Nawfal / Hachette Antoine, →ISBN, page 179:
      كان برنامجي الاعتكاف في غرفة النوم، وكتابة مقالات.
      My program was to retreat to the bedroom, and write articles.

Conjugation