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كَفَلَ بَالمَالِ
ذ
He was, or
became, responsible, answerable, accountable, amenable, surety, or
guarantee, for the property (Msb)
owed by another person: (IbrD:) [it may be rendered
he guaranteed the property. See
مَكْفُولٌ]. ― -b2-
كَفَلَ بَالنَّفْسِ
He was, or
became, responsible, answerable, amenable, or
surety, for another person, (Msb,) i. e.,
for the latter's appearance, or
presence, to answer a suit. (IbrD.)
كَفَلٌ
ذ
The
عَجُز [or
hinder part, posteriors, buttocks, or
rump]: (Msb, K:) or the
رِدْف [or
hindermost part]
thereof: or the [
part called]
قَطَن. (K.)
كَفِيلٌ
ذ
One who is
responsible, answerable, amenable, or
a sponsor or
surety. (S, K, &c.)
كَفَالَةٌ
ذ
Responsibility; answerableness; amenability; or
suretiship; (S, Mgh, Msb, K;) the
conjoining of one responsibility (
ذِمَّة)
to another, [i. e., the
conjoining one's own responsibility to that of another person,]
with respect to the right of suit, [
so that one person becomes liable to be sued for that which another owes]; (Mgh;)
i. q.
ضَمَانٌ. (S, &c.)
مِكْفَالٌ
ذ
A woman
large in the
كَفَل [or
hinder part, or
posteriors]. (TA in art.
ثقل.)
مَكْفُولٌ
ذ
app. signifies
Guaranteed, or
pledged: for, accord. to IKtt, as is said in the Msb, you say
كَفَلْتُ المَالَ as well as
كَفَلْتُ بِالمَالِ; meaning
I took upon myself the property; became responsible, or
answerable, for it; [or
I guaranteed it:] or
مَكْفُولٌ is better rendered
ensured by an acknowledgment of responsibility for it: see an ex. voce
مَرْهُونٌ.
