كفات

Arabic

Root
ك ف ت (k-f-t)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ki.faːt/

Noun

كِفَات • (kifāt) m

  1. place of aggregation, stead where things are drawn towards
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 77:25-26:
      أَلَمْ نَجْعَلِ الْأَرْضَ كِفَاتًا أَحْيَاءً وَأَمْوَاتًا؟
      ʔa-lam najʕali l-ʔarḍa kifātan ʔaḥyāʔan wa-ʔamwātan?
      Have we not made the earth a place living and dead come together?
  2. verbal noun of كِفَات (kifāt, to hasten, to be swift and contract oneself therein, to turn aside to run with vehemence) (form I)

Declension

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