Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word
ك ف ل. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word
ك ف ل, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say
ك ف ل in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word
ك ف ل you have here. The definition of the word
ك ف ل will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition of
ك ف ل, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
Arabic
Root
ك ف ل • (k-f-l)
- related to folding in half, to backing, to doubling, to take up a rear position or be at another's back, to have or to watch someone's back
Derived terms
- Form I: كَفَلَ (kafala, “to take charge, to nurse, to rear”)
- Active participle: كَافِل (kāfil)
- Passive participle: مَكْفُول (makfūl)
- Form I: كَفِلَ (kafila, “to guarantee, to stand sponsor”)
- Active participle: ?
- Passive participle: مَكْفُول (makfūl)
- Form II: كَفَّلَ (kaffala, “to put in care”)
- Form III: كَافَلَ (kāfala, “to contract with”)
- Form IV: أَكْفَلَ (ʔakfala, “to place as a surety”)
- Form V: تَكَفَّلَ (takaffala, “to function as a surety”)
- Form VI: تَكَافَلَ (takāfala, “to function as a surety or vouch for each other”)
- كَفَل (kafal, “fundament of a beast; crupper, strapping behind the saddle”)
- كِفَالَة (kifāla), كُفُول (kufūl), كَفْل (kafl, verbal noun of form I)
- كَفِيل (kafīl, “that vouches for, guarantee, surety”, noun and adjective)
- كِفْل (kifl, “double; lot, portion; progeny; podex; a rounding of towels put over the camel’s hump or an ox’s yoke”)
References
- Freytag, Georg (1835) “ك ف ل”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 3, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 49
- Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860) “ك ف ل”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc (in French), volume 2, Paris: Maisonneuve et Cie, pages 915–916
- Wehr, Hans (1979) “ك ف ل”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 976