ق ف و

Arabic

Etymology

Compare ق و ف‎ (q-w-f).

Root

ق ف و • (q-f-w)

  1. related to following back

Derived terms

  • Form I: قَفَا‎ (qafā, “to go behind, to follow the track of, to persecute”)
    • Verbal noun: قَفْو‎ (qafw), قُفُوّ‎ (qufuww)
    • Active participle: قَافٍ‎ (qāfin)
    • Passive participle: مَقْفُوّ‎ (maqfuww)
  • Form I: قَفَى‎ (qafā, “to beat on the kack part of the head”)
    • Verbal noun: قَفْي‎ (qafy)
    • Active participle: قَافٍ‎ (qāfin)
    • Passive participle: مَقْفِيّ‎ (maqfiyy)
  • Form II: قَفَّى‎ (qaffā, “to bit to follow; to make rhyme”)
    • Verbal noun: تَقْفِيَة‎ (taqfiya)
    • Active participle: مُقَفٍّ‎ (muqaffin)
    • Passive participle: مُقَفًّى‎ (muqaffan)
  • Form IV: أَقْفَى‎ (ʔaqfā, “to cause to follow; to attribute or distribute to; to honour by bestowing; to prefer”)
    • Verbal noun: إِقْفَاء‎ (ʔiqfāʔ)
    • Active participle: مُقْفٍ‎ (muqfin)
    • Passive participle: مُقْفًى‎ (muqfan)
  • Form V: تَقَفَّى‎ (taqaffā, “to follow the track of; to receive with distinction; to beat with a rod”)
    • Verbal noun: تَقَفٍّ‎ (taqaffin)
    • Active participle: مُتَقَفٍّ‎ (mutaqaffin)
    • Passive participle: مُتَقَفًّى‎ (mutaqaffan)
  • Form VIII: اِقْتَفَى‎ (iqtafā, “to follow in the tracks of (literally and idiomatically)”)
    • Verbal noun: اِقْتِفَاء‎ (iqtifāʔ)
    • Active participle: مُقْتَفٍ‎ (muqtafin)
    • Passive participle: مُقْتَفًى‎ (muqtafan)
  • Form X: اِسْتَقْفَى‎ (istaqfā, “to beat on the neck”)
    • Verbal noun: اِسْتِقْفَاء‎ (istiqfāʔ)
    • Active participle: مُسْتَقْفٍ‎ (mustaqfin)
    • Passive participle: مُسْتَقْفًى‎ (mustaqfan)
  • قَفًا‎ (qafan, “niddick, nape of the neck”)
  • قَفِيّ‎ (qafiyy, “who follows on the traces of someone else; who receives his visitors with much distinction; repast wherewith one treats someone with distinction; suspicion, accusation, crime; having been hit on the nape of the neck”)
  • قُفْيَة‎ (qufya, “pit a trapper graves to catch a lion”)
  • قَفِيَّة‎ (qafiyya, “feminine of قَفِيّ‎ (qafiyy, “who follows; hit on the nape”); superiority wherewith one follows”)
  • قَافِيَة‎ (qāfiya, “nape; rhyme”)
  • قَفَاوَة‎ (qafāwa, “distinction wherewith one excells”)

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