كفات
Arabic
Etymology
From the root ك ف ت (k-f-t).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ki.faːt/
Noun
كِفَات • (kifāt) m
- place of aggregation, stead where things are drawn towards
- 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 77:25-26:
- أَلَمْ نَجْعَلِ الْأَرْضَ كِفَاتًا أَحْيَاءً وَأَمْوَاتًا؟
- ʾa-lam najʿali l-ʾarḍa kifātan ʾaḥyāʾan wa-ʾamwātan?
- Have we not made the earth a place living and dead come together?
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- verbal noun of كِفَات (kifāt, “to hasten, to be swift and contract oneself therein, to turn aside to run with vehemence”) (form I)
Declension
Declension of noun كِفَات (kifāt)
Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
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Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | كِفَات kifāt | الْكِفَات al-kifāt | كِفَات kifāt |
Nominative | كِفَاتٌ kifātun | الْكِفَاتُ al-kifātu | كِفَاتُ kifātu |
Accusative | كِفَاتًا kifātan | الْكِفَاتَ al-kifāta | كِفَاتَ kifāta |
Genitive | كِفَاتٍ kifātin | الْكِفَاتِ al-kifāti | كِفَاتِ kifāti |