كفت
Arabic
Etymology 1
From the root ك ف ت (k-f-t).
Verb
كَفَتَ • (kafata) I, non-past يَكْفِتُ (yakfitu)
- to take up, to draw towards oneself, to tuck up, to turn towards oneself
- to turn off, to turn away, to avert
Conjugation
verbal noun الْمَصْدَر | كَفْت kaft | |||||||||||
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active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل | كَافِت kāfit | |||||||||||
passive participle اِسْم الْمَفْعُول | مَكْفُوت makfūt | |||||||||||
active voice الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم | ||||||||||||
singular الْمُفْرَد | dual الْمُثَنَّى | plural الْجَمْع | ||||||||||
1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم | 2nd person الْمُخَاطَب | 3rd person الْغَائِب | 2nd person الْمُخَاطَب | 3rd person الْغَائِب | 1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم | 2nd person الْمُخَاطَب | 3rd person الْغَائِب | |||||
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي | m | كَفَتُّ kafattu | كَفَتَّ kafatta | كَفَتَ kafata | كَفَتُّمَا kafattumā | كَفَتَا kafatā | كَفَتْنَا kafatnā | كَفَتُّمْ kafattum | كَفَتُوا kafatū | |||
f | كَفَتِّ kafatti | كَفَتَتْ kafatat | كَفَتَتَا kafatatā | كَفَتُّنَّ kafattunna | كَفَتْنَ kafatna | |||||||
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع | m | أَكْفِتُ ʾakfitu | تَكْفِتُ takfitu | يَكْفِتُ yakfitu | تَكْفِتَانِ takfitāni | يَكْفِتَانِ yakfitāni | نَكْفِتُ nakfitu | تَكْفِتُونَ takfitūna | يَكْفِتُونَ yakfitūna | |||
f | تَكْفِتِينَ takfitīna | تَكْفِتُ takfitu | تَكْفِتَانِ takfitāni | تَكْفِتْنَ takfitna | يَكْفِتْنَ yakfitna | |||||||
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب | m | أَكْفِتَ ʾakfita | تَكْفِتَ takfita | يَكْفِتَ yakfita | تَكْفِتَا takfitā | يَكْفِتَا yakfitā | نَكْفِتَ nakfita | تَكْفِتُوا takfitū | يَكْفِتُوا yakfitū | |||
f | تَكْفِتِي takfitī | تَكْفِتَ takfita | تَكْفِتَا takfitā | تَكْفِتْنَ takfitna | يَكْفِتْنَ yakfitna | |||||||
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم | m | أَكْفِتْ ʾakfit | تَكْفِتْ takfit | يَكْفِتْ yakfit | تَكْفِتَا takfitā | يَكْفِتَا yakfitā | نَكْفِتْ nakfit | تَكْفِتُوا takfitū | يَكْفِتُوا yakfitū | |||
f | تَكْفِتِي takfitī | تَكْفِتْ takfit | تَكْفِتَا takfitā | تَكْفِتْنَ takfitna | يَكْفِتْنَ yakfitna | |||||||
imperative الْأَمْر | m | اِكْفِتْ ikfit | اِكْفِتَا ikfitā | اِكْفِتُوا ikfitū | ||||||||
f | اِكْفِتِي ikfitī | اِكْفِتْنَ ikfitna | ||||||||||
passive voice الْفِعْل الْمَجْهُول | ||||||||||||
singular الْمُفْرَد | dual الْمُثَنَّى | plural الْجَمْع | ||||||||||
1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم | 2nd person الْمُخَاطَب | 3rd person الْغَائِب | 2nd person الْمُخَاطَب | 3rd person الْغَائِب | 1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم | 2nd person الْمُخَاطَب | 3rd person الْغَائِب | |||||
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي | m | كُفِتُّ kufittu | كُفِتَّ kufitta | كُفِتَ kufita | كُفِتُّمَا kufittumā | كُفِتَا kufitā | كُفِتْنَا kufitnā | كُفِتُّمْ kufittum | كُفِتُوا kufitū | |||
f | كُفِتِّ kufitti | كُفِتَتْ kufitat | كُفِتَتَا kufitatā | كُفِتُّنَّ kufittunna | كُفِتْنَ kufitna | |||||||
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع | m | أُكْفَتُ ʾukfatu | تُكْفَتُ tukfatu | يُكْفَتُ yukfatu | تُكْفَتَانِ tukfatāni | يُكْفَتَانِ yukfatāni | نُكْفَتُ nukfatu | تُكْفَتُونَ tukfatūna | يُكْفَتُونَ yukfatūna | |||
f | تُكْفَتِينَ tukfatīna | تُكْفَتُ tukfatu | تُكْفَتَانِ tukfatāni | تُكْفَتْنَ tukfatna | يُكْفَتْنَ yukfatna | |||||||
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب | m | أُكْفَتَ ʾukfata | تُكْفَتَ tukfata | يُكْفَتَ yukfata | تُكْفَتَا tukfatā | يُكْفَتَا yukfatā | نُكْفَتَ nukfata | تُكْفَتُوا tukfatū | يُكْفَتُوا yukfatū | |||
f | تُكْفَتِي tukfatī | تُكْفَتَ tukfata | تُكْفَتَا tukfatā | تُكْفَتْنَ tukfatna | يُكْفَتْنَ yukfatna | |||||||
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم | m | أُكْفَتْ ʾukfat | تُكْفَتْ tukfat | يُكْفَتْ yukfat | تُكْفَتَا tukfatā | يُكْفَتَا yukfatā | نُكْفَتْ nukfat | تُكْفَتُوا tukfatū | يُكْفَتُوا yukfatū | |||
f | تُكْفَتِي tukfatī | تُكْفَتْ tukfat | تُكْفَتَا tukfatā | تُكْفَتْنَ tukfatna | يُكْفَتْنَ yukfatna |
Verb
كَفَتَ • (kafata) I, non-past يَكْفِتُ (yakfitu)
- to hasten, to be swift and contract oneself therein, to turn aside to run with vehemence
Conjugation
verbal nouns الْمَصَادِر | كَفْت or كِفَات or كَفْتَان or كَفِيت kaft or kifāt or kaftān or kafīt | |||||||||||
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active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل | كَافِت kāfit | |||||||||||
passive participle اِسْم الْمَفْعُول | مَكْفُوت makfūt | |||||||||||
active voice الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم | ||||||||||||
singular الْمُفْرَد | dual الْمُثَنَّى | plural الْجَمْع | ||||||||||
1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم | 2nd person الْمُخَاطَب | 3rd person الْغَائِب | 2nd person الْمُخَاطَب | 3rd person الْغَائِب | 1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم | 2nd person الْمُخَاطَب | 3rd person الْغَائِب | |||||
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي | m | كَفَتُّ kafattu | كَفَتَّ kafatta | كَفَتَ kafata | كَفَتُّمَا kafattumā | كَفَتَا kafatā | كَفَتْنَا kafatnā | كَفَتُّمْ kafattum | كَفَتُوا kafatū | |||
f | كَفَتِّ kafatti | كَفَتَتْ kafatat | كَفَتَتَا kafatatā | كَفَتُّنَّ kafattunna | كَفَتْنَ kafatna | |||||||
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع | m | أَكْفِتُ ʾakfitu | تَكْفِتُ takfitu | يَكْفِتُ yakfitu | تَكْفِتَانِ takfitāni | يَكْفِتَانِ yakfitāni | نَكْفِتُ nakfitu | تَكْفِتُونَ takfitūna | يَكْفِتُونَ yakfitūna | |||
f | تَكْفِتِينَ takfitīna | تَكْفِتُ takfitu | تَكْفِتَانِ takfitāni | تَكْفِتْنَ takfitna | يَكْفِتْنَ yakfitna | |||||||
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب | m | أَكْفِتَ ʾakfita | تَكْفِتَ takfita | يَكْفِتَ yakfita | تَكْفِتَا takfitā | يَكْفِتَا yakfitā | نَكْفِتَ nakfita | تَكْفِتُوا takfitū | يَكْفِتُوا yakfitū | |||
f | تَكْفِتِي takfitī | تَكْفِتَ takfita | تَكْفِتَا takfitā | تَكْفِتْنَ takfitna | يَكْفِتْنَ yakfitna | |||||||
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم | m | أَكْفِتْ ʾakfit | تَكْفِتْ takfit | يَكْفِتْ yakfit | تَكْفِتَا takfitā | يَكْفِتَا yakfitā | نَكْفِتْ nakfit | تَكْفِتُوا takfitū | يَكْفِتُوا yakfitū | |||
f | تَكْفِتِي takfitī | تَكْفِتْ takfit | تَكْفِتَا takfitā | تَكْفِتْنَ takfitna | يَكْفِتْنَ yakfitna | |||||||
imperative الْأَمْر | m | اِكْفِتْ ikfit | اِكْفِتَا ikfitā | اِكْفِتُوا ikfitū | ||||||||
f | اِكْفِتِي ikfitī | اِكْفِتْنَ ikfitna | ||||||||||
passive voice الْفِعْل الْمَجْهُول | ||||||||||||
singular الْمُفْرَد | dual الْمُثَنَّى | plural الْجَمْع | ||||||||||
1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم | 2nd person الْمُخَاطَب | 3rd person الْغَائِب | 2nd person الْمُخَاطَب | 3rd person الْغَائِب | 1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم | 2nd person الْمُخَاطَب | 3rd person الْغَائِب | |||||
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي | m | كُفِتُّ kufittu | كُفِتَّ kufitta | كُفِتَ kufita | كُفِتُّمَا kufittumā | كُفِتَا kufitā | كُفِتْنَا kufitnā | كُفِتُّمْ kufittum | كُفِتُوا kufitū | |||
f | كُفِتِّ kufitti | كُفِتَتْ kufitat | كُفِتَتَا kufitatā | كُفِتُّنَّ kufittunna | كُفِتْنَ kufitna | |||||||
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع | m | أُكْفَتُ ʾukfatu | تُكْفَتُ tukfatu | يُكْفَتُ yukfatu | تُكْفَتَانِ tukfatāni | يُكْفَتَانِ yukfatāni | نُكْفَتُ nukfatu | تُكْفَتُونَ tukfatūna | يُكْفَتُونَ yukfatūna | |||
f | تُكْفَتِينَ tukfatīna | تُكْفَتُ tukfatu | تُكْفَتَانِ tukfatāni | تُكْفَتْنَ tukfatna | يُكْفَتْنَ yukfatna | |||||||
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب | m | أُكْفَتَ ʾukfata | تُكْفَتَ tukfata | يُكْفَتَ yukfata | تُكْفَتَا tukfatā | يُكْفَتَا yukfatā | نُكْفَتَ nukfata | تُكْفَتُوا tukfatū | يُكْفَتُوا yukfatū | |||
f | تُكْفَتِي tukfatī | تُكْفَتَ tukfata | تُكْفَتَا tukfatā | تُكْفَتْنَ tukfatna | يُكْفَتْنَ yukfatna | |||||||
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم | m | أُكْفَتْ ʾukfat | تُكْفَتْ tukfat | يُكْفَتْ yukfat | تُكْفَتَا tukfatā | يُكْفَتَا yukfatā | نُكْفَتْ nukfat | تُكْفَتُوا tukfatū | يُكْفَتُوا yukfatū | |||
f | تُكْفَتِي tukfatī | تُكْفَتْ tukfat | تُكْفَتَا tukfatā | تُكْفَتْنَ tukfatna | يُكْفَتْنَ yukfatna |
Verb
كَفَّتَ • (kaffata) II, non-past يُكَفِّتُ (yukaffitu)
- to take up, to draw towards oneself, to turn towards oneself
- to turn off, to turn away, to avert
- to plate, to inlay
- 2017 December 30, “شاهد.. 55 صورة تكشف انبهار السائحين بفن «تكفيت النحاس» في المتحف المصري”, in Al-Balad:
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Conjugation
verbal noun الْمَصْدَر | تَكْفِيت takfīt | |||||||||||
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active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل | مُكَفِّت mukaffit | |||||||||||
passive participle اِسْم الْمَفْعُول | مُكَفَّت mukaffat | |||||||||||
active voice الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم | ||||||||||||
singular الْمُفْرَد | dual الْمُثَنَّى | plural الْجَمْع | ||||||||||
1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم | 2nd person الْمُخَاطَب | 3rd person الْغَائِب | 2nd person الْمُخَاطَب | 3rd person الْغَائِب | 1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم | 2nd person الْمُخَاطَب | 3rd person الْغَائِب | |||||
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي | m | كَفَّتُّ kaffattu | كَفَّتَّ kaffatta | كَفَّتَ kaffata | كَفَّتُّمَا kaffattumā | كَفَّتَا kaffatā | كَفَّتْنَا kaffatnā | كَفَّتُّمْ kaffattum | كَفَّتُوا kaffatū | |||
f | كَفَّتِّ kaffatti | كَفَّتَتْ kaffatat | كَفَّتَتَا kaffatatā | كَفَّتُّنَّ kaffattunna | كَفَّتْنَ kaffatna | |||||||
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع | m | أُكَفِّتُ ʾukaffitu | تُكَفِّتُ tukaffitu | يُكَفِّتُ yukaffitu | تُكَفِّتَانِ tukaffitāni | يُكَفِّتَانِ yukaffitāni | نُكَفِّتُ nukaffitu | تُكَفِّتُونَ tukaffitūna | يُكَفِّتُونَ yukaffitūna | |||
f | تُكَفِّتِينَ tukaffitīna | تُكَفِّتُ tukaffitu | تُكَفِّتَانِ tukaffitāni | تُكَفِّتْنَ tukaffitna | يُكَفِّتْنَ yukaffitna | |||||||
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب | m | أُكَفِّتَ ʾukaffita | تُكَفِّتَ tukaffita | يُكَفِّتَ yukaffita | تُكَفِّتَا tukaffitā | يُكَفِّتَا yukaffitā | نُكَفِّتَ nukaffita | تُكَفِّتُوا tukaffitū | يُكَفِّتُوا yukaffitū | |||
f | تُكَفِّتِي tukaffitī | تُكَفِّتَ tukaffita | تُكَفِّتَا tukaffitā | تُكَفِّتْنَ tukaffitna | يُكَفِّتْنَ yukaffitna | |||||||
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم | m | أُكَفِّتْ ʾukaffit | تُكَفِّتْ tukaffit | يُكَفِّتْ yukaffit | تُكَفِّتَا tukaffitā | يُكَفِّتَا yukaffitā | نُكَفِّتْ nukaffit | تُكَفِّتُوا tukaffitū | يُكَفِّتُوا yukaffitū | |||
f | تُكَفِّتِي tukaffitī | تُكَفِّتْ tukaffit | تُكَفِّتَا tukaffitā | تُكَفِّتْنَ tukaffitna | يُكَفِّتْنَ yukaffitna | |||||||
imperative الْأَمْر | m | كَفِّتْ kaffit | كَفِّتَا kaffitā | كَفِّتُوا kaffitū | ||||||||
f | كَفِّتِي kaffitī | كَفِّتْنَ kaffitna | ||||||||||
passive voice الْفِعْل الْمَجْهُول | ||||||||||||
singular الْمُفْرَد | dual الْمُثَنَّى | plural الْجَمْع | ||||||||||
1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم | 2nd person الْمُخَاطَب | 3rd person الْغَائِب | 2nd person الْمُخَاطَب | 3rd person الْغَائِب | 1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم | 2nd person الْمُخَاطَب | 3rd person الْغَائِب | |||||
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي | m | كُفِّتُّ kuffittu | كُفِّتَّ kuffitta | كُفِّتَ kuffita | كُفِّتُّمَا kuffittumā | كُفِّتَا kuffitā | كُفِّتْنَا kuffitnā | كُفِّتُّمْ kuffittum | كُفِّتُوا kuffitū | |||
f | كُفِّتِّ kuffitti | كُفِّتَتْ kuffitat | كُفِّتَتَا kuffitatā | كُفِّتُّنَّ kuffittunna | كُفِّتْنَ kuffitna | |||||||
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع | m | أُكَفَّتُ ʾukaffatu | تُكَفَّتُ tukaffatu | يُكَفَّتُ yukaffatu | تُكَفَّتَانِ tukaffatāni | يُكَفَّتَانِ yukaffatāni | نُكَفَّتُ nukaffatu | تُكَفَّتُونَ tukaffatūna | يُكَفَّتُونَ yukaffatūna | |||
f | تُكَفَّتِينَ tukaffatīna | تُكَفَّتُ tukaffatu | تُكَفَّتَانِ tukaffatāni | تُكَفَّتْنَ tukaffatna | يُكَفَّتْنَ yukaffatna | |||||||
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب | m | أُكَفَّتَ ʾukaffata | تُكَفَّتَ tukaffata | يُكَفَّتَ yukaffata | تُكَفَّتَا tukaffatā | يُكَفَّتَا yukaffatā | نُكَفَّتَ nukaffata | تُكَفَّتُوا tukaffatū | يُكَفَّتُوا yukaffatū | |||
f | تُكَفَّتِي tukaffatī | تُكَفَّتَ tukaffata | تُكَفَّتَا tukaffatā | تُكَفَّتْنَ tukaffatna | يُكَفَّتْنَ yukaffatna | |||||||
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم | m | أُكَفَّتْ ʾukaffat | تُكَفَّتْ tukaffat | يُكَفَّتْ yukaffat | تُكَفَّتَا tukaffatā | يُكَفَّتَا yukaffatā | نُكَفَّتْ nukaffat | تُكَفَّتُوا tukaffatū | يُكَفَّتُوا yukaffatū | |||
f | تُكَفَّتِي tukaffatī | تُكَفَّتْ tukaffat | تُكَفَّتَا tukaffatā | تُكَفَّتْنَ tukaffatna | يُكَفَّتْنَ yukaffatna |
Noun
كَفْت • (kaft) m
- verbal noun of كَفَتَ (kafata) (form I)
Declension
Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
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Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | كَفْت kaft | الْكَفْت al-kaft | كَفْت kaft |
Nominative | كَفْتٌ kaftun | الْكَفْتُ al-kaftu | كَفْتُ kaftu |
Accusative | كَفْتًا kaftan | الْكَفْتَ al-kafta | كَفْتَ kafta |
Genitive | كَفْتٍ kaftin | الْكَفْتِ al-kafti | كَفْتِ kafti |
Adjective
كُفْت • (kuft) and كُفْتَة • (kufta)
- being a horse that leaps, springs, or bounds, so that one cannot take possession of it
Etymology 2
From Aramaic כּופְתָּא (kup̄tā, “(attested as) basket”) or another derivation of the root כ־פ־ת (k-p-t) related to twisting, binding, bending, tying over, cognate to Hebrew כּוֹפֶשׁ (kōp̄eš, “basket”) and its root כ־פ־שׁ (k-p-š), and to the Semitic-borrowed Egyptian kbs (/*kup̄ṯā/, “basket”), and probably cognate to the Arabic root ك ف ت (k-f-t) above which in place of expected *ك ف ث (k-f-ṯ) presumably got dissimilated in the manner of articulation from the second consonant and assimilated to the first for ease of pronunciation, and probably Ge'ez ከበሰ (käbäsä, “to wrap, to tie up or around”) and Ge'ez ከብሶ (käbso), ክብሶ (kəbso), ከበሳ (käbäsa, “headband”) and Amharic ከበሰ (käbbäsä, “to wrap around”) are also cognate, though Leslau likens them – formally possible – with Arabic كَبَسَ (kabasa, “to press”) in the sense of “to lay siege on, to surround” cognate to Aramaic כ־פ־שׁ (k-b-š, “to press; to to tread on; to inlay; to overlay”), but that one sense seems peripheral.
Noun
كِفْت • (kift) m
- cooking pot
Declension
Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
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Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | كِفْت kift | الْكِفْت al-kift | كِفْت kift |
Nominative | كِفْتٌ kiftun | الْكِفْتُ al-kiftu | كِفْتُ kiftu |
Accusative | كِفْتًا kiftan | الْكِفْتَ al-kifta | كِفْتَ kifta |
Genitive | كِفْتٍ kiftin | الْكِفْتِ al-kifti | كِفْتِ kifti |
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
كَفَتْ • (kafat) (form I)
- third-person feminine singular past active of كَفَى (kafā)
References
- Freytag, Georg (1837), “كفت”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 4, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 46
- Hoch, James E. (1994) Semitic Words in Egyptian Texts of the New Kingdom and Third Intermediate Period, Princeton: Princeton University Press, →ISBN, page 317
- Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860), “كفت”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc (in French), volume 2, Paris: Maisonneuve et Cie, pages 912–913
- Lane, Edward William (1863), “كفت”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, pages 2618–2619
- Leslau, Wolf (1991), “ከበሰ”, in Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 274
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “كفت”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen, pages 889–889
- Wehr, Hans; Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985), “كفت”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 975