Edward William Lane, An Arabic-English Lexicon, ك

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1 كَفَأَ ذ He turned a thing over; as a man turns over a cake of bread in his band until it becomes even. ↓ يَتَكَفَّأُ occurs in a trad. respecting the Day of Resurrection, accord. to one relation, for يَكْفَأُ, in this sense: it is said that the earth will be like a single cake of bread, which God will turn over in his hand, as a man in a journey turns over a cake of bread. (TA.) كَفَأَ, (Ks, S, K,) inf. n. كَفٌءٌ and كَفَآءَةٌ; (TA;) and ↓ اكفأ , (IAar, S, K,) and ↓ اكتفأ ; (S, K;) but the first word is said to be the most chaste; He inverted, or turned upside-down, (S, K,) a vessel &c. (S, TA.) [You say] كُفِئَتْ جَفْنَتُهُ [His bowl was turned upside-down; meaning] (tropical:) He was slain: a phrase similar to هُرِيقَ رِفْدُهُ. (A in art. رفد.) ― -b2- كَفَأَ (TA) and ↓ اكفأ , (Ks, and rejected by As, (TA,) He inclined, or made to turn aside or incline, (S, K,) a bow, in shooting with it, and a vessel, (Ks, S,) &c. (TA.) And كَفَأَ (TA) and ↓ اكفأ , (K,) and ↓ انكفأ (TA) He, or it, inclined: intrans. (K, TA.) ― -b3- كَفَأَهُ عَنْ شَىْ, (S, * K, * TA,) inf. n. كَفْءٌ, (S, TA,) He turned him away, or back from a thing; (S, K, TA;) as from a thing that he desired to do, to another thing. (S, TA.) And كَفَأَ عَنْ شَىْءٍ He turned away, or back, from a thing: intrans. (TA.) [See also 4 and 7.] كَفَأَ القَوُمُ The people turned away, or back. (K.) [See also 7.] ― -b4- كَفَأَ He drove away a man, (K,) or camels. (L.) ― -b5- كَفَأَ الإِِبِلَ He made an assault upon the camels, and took them away. (TA.) ― -b6- كَفَأَ He followed, or pursued, another. (K.) ― -b7- كَفَأَ الغَنَمُ فِى الشِّعْبِ The sheep entered the ravine. (K.) ― -b8- كَفَأَ لَوْنُهُ, and لونه ↓ اكفأ , and لونه ↓ تكفّأ , (TA,) and لوزه ↓ انكفأ , (K,) (as also انكفت لونه, TA,) (tropical:) His, or its, colour changed. (K.)