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كَفَّ التَّوْبَ
ذ
He sewed the edge, or
border, of the garment, or piece of cloth, the second time, (S, K,)
after the [
slight]
sewing termed
المَلُّ, (S,) or
الشَّلُّ. (K.) ― -b2- [
He felled (a seam or garment).] ― -b3-
كَفَّ عَنْهُ, aor.
كَفُ3َ
,
He refrained, or forbore, from it, as forbidden; abstained, or desisted, from it; left, relinquished, or
forsook it: (Msb:) [as also ↓
انكفّ ]. ― -b4-
كَفَّ عَنْهُ
He refrained, desisted, forbore, abstained, or
held, from it. (K, &c.) ― -b5-
كَفَّهُ عَنْهُ
He made him to refrain, forbear, or abstain, from it; averted him, turned him away or
back, from it; (K;)
prevented, hindered, held, withheld, or restrained, him from it. (Mgh, Msb, TA.) ― -b6- [
كَفَّ
بَيْنَهُمَا
He interposed as a restrainer between them two: a phrase of frequent occurrence]. ― -b7-
كَفَّ
مِنَ الشَّعَرِ (M, K, art.
قصر)
He shortened the hair. (M, ibid.)
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كَافُّوا عَدُوَّهُمْ
ذ
i. q.
حَاجَزُوهُمْ, which see. ― -b2-
مُكَافَّةٌ signifies
i. q.
مُحَاجَزَةٌ, because it is a preventing, or an abstaining, from fighting. (Mgh.)
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إِِنْكَفَ3َ
see 1.
كَفٌّ
ذ
[generally The
hand: sometimes, app., the
palm only:] accord. to Az, the
palm with the fingers. (Msb.) ― -b2- [Hence,
A cake of the length and thickness of the hand: thus in the present day. See
عُجَّالٌ.] ― -b3-
كَفٌّ
A handful; what one takes with the hand, or
grasps; syn.
قُبْضَةٌ. (S, art.
قبض.) ― -b4- [
ضَرَبَهُ كَفًّا
He struck him a slap with the hand.] ― -b5- [
كَفٌّ often signifies The
paw of a beast.] ― -b6-
الكَفُّ الجَذْمَآءُ
The star
α of Cetus. ― -b7-
الكَفُّ الخَضِيبُ
The
β of Cassiopeia.
كَفَّةٌ
ذ
: see
كِفَّةٌ.
كُفَّةٌ
ذ
The
selvage, i. e.
border, or
side, of a garment or piece of cloth, (S, Msb,) that has no
هُدْب [or
end of unwoven threads]: (S, voce
طُرَّةٌ:) or
what surrounds the skirt of a shirt: or
whatever is oblong; as the
حَاشِيَة
of a garment or piece of cloth, and of sand: and the
edge of a thing. (K.)
كِفَّةٌ
ذ
The
bezel, or
collet, i. e. the
part in which the stone is set, of a signet-ring. (TA in art.
ركب.) See
كُرْسِىٌّ. ― -b2- See also
طَرْقٌ. ― -b3-
كِفَّةٌ
A scale of a balance: (MA:) vulg. ↓
كَفَّةٌ . (K.)
كَفَافٌ
ذ
The
like of a thing. (S, K.) ― -b2-
Food, or
sustenance, that renders one independent of others: (S, K:) or
sufficient for one's want, not exceeding nor falling short. (Msb.)
كِفَافٌ
ذ
The
circuit, rim, or
surrounding edge, of a thing. (S, K.)
كِفَافَةٌ
ذ
[app. a subst., not an inf. n.,] The
act, or
art, of sewing in the manner termed
كَفٌّ; (TA;) contr. of
شِلَاشَةٌ. (TA in art.
شل.)
نَاقَةٌ كَافَّةٌ
ذ
An old and weak she-camel. (AO, TA in art.
سدم.) ― -b2- [
مَا كَافَّةٌ The
restrictive
مَا, which is annexed to
أَنَّ إِِنَّ, &c.: so called because it restrains the particle to which it is adjoined from exercising any government.] ― -b3-
كَافَّةً
Wholly. (Bd and Jel in ii. 204.)
حَرْفُ مُكَافَأَةٍ
ذ
A particle denoting compensation, or
the complement of a condition; like
حَرْفُ جَزَآءٍ.
