Edward William Lane, An Arabic-English Lexicon, ك

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1 كَفَحَهُ ذ , (S, K,) inf. n. كَفْحٌ; (S;) and ↓ كَافَحَهُ , inf. n. مُكَافَحَةٌ and كِفَاحٌ; (K;) [the latter form of the verb the more common;] He faced him; confronted him; encountered him; met him face to face: (S, K, TA:) or he met him, or encountered him, face to face, suddenly, or unexpectedly. (T, M.) [You say] لَقِيتُهُ ↓ كِفَاحًا , (S,) and ↓ مُكَافَحَةً , and كَفْحًا, (TA.) I met him face to face. (TA.) [And] كَلَّمَهُ ا@للّٰهُ ↓ كِفَاحًا God spoke to him face to face, without anything intervening between them. (TA from a trad.) ― -b2- كَفَحَهَا, (K,) aor. كَفَحَ ; (S;) and ↓ كَافَحَهَا , inf. n. as above; (K;) He kissed her suddenly, unexpectedly, or unawares: (K:) or he met her face to face, or encountered her, with a kiss: (S:) or he kissed her with full ability, and completely, without snatching the kiss: (T:) or he made his skin to meet, and come in contact with hers. (A 'Obeyd.) ― -b3- ↓ كَافَحُوا (in war) signifies They contended together with swords face to face: (L:) or ↓ كَافَحُوهُمْ , they encountered them in war face to face, having before their faces neither shield nor anything else. (As, S.) ― -b4- Also عَنْهُ ↓ كافح He contended for him, and defended him. (L.) ― -b5- السَّمُومَ ↓ كَافَحْتُ (tropical:) [I faced, or encountered, the hot wind called سَمُوم]. (A.) ― -b6- بِمَا سَآءَهُ ↓ كافحهُ (tropical:) [He encountered him with that which displeased or vexed him]. (A.) ― -b7- ↓ كافحهُ , inf. n. مُكَافَحَةٌ, (tropical:) He refelled him by an argument, a plea, a proof, or an evidence: as though the argument &c. were likened to a sword, or other weapon. (MF.) -A2- كَفَحَ لِجَامَ الدَّابَّةِ, (inf. n. كَفْحٌ, TA,) He drew, or pulled, the bridle and bit of the beast of carriage; as also ↓ أَكْفَحَهُ : (K:) or, as in the T and M, كَفَحَ الدَّابَّةَ بِالِلّجَامِ he pulled the beast of carriage by the bridle and bit. (TA.) [See also 4.]