كف

From the root ك ف ف‎ (k-f-f).

كَفَّ • (kaffa) I, non-past يَكُفُّ‎‎ (yakuffu)

1. (intransitive, constructed with عَن‎ (ʕan)) to desist or to cease
2. (transitive) to hem, to skirt
3. (intransitive, constructed with مِنْْ‎ (min)) to curb, to contain, to constrict
4. (transitive, constructed with ْعَن‎ (ʕan)) to hinder, to keep somebody off from something

   • ‏وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِى كَفَّ أَيْدِيَهُمْ عَنكُمْ وَأَيْدِيَكُمْ عَنْهُم بِبَطْنِ مَكَّةَ مِنۢ بَعْدِ أَنْ أَظْفَرَكُمْ عَلَيْهِمْ ۚ وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ بَصِيرًا‎https://quran.com/48:24

     And it is He who withheld their hands from you and your hands from them within [the area of] Makkah after He caused you to overcome them. And ever is Allāh, of what you do, Seeing.

From the root ك ف ف‎ (k-f-f), from Proto-Semitic *kapp-. Cognate with Hebrew כף‎ (kaf).

كَفّ • (kaff) f (dual كَفَّانِ‎ (kaffāni), plural كُفُوف‎ (kufūf) or أَكُفّ‎ (ʔakuff))

1. palm of the hand, hand
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 18:42:

     ‏وَأُحِيطَ بِثَمَرِهِ فَأَصْبَحَ يُقَلِّبُ كَفَّيْهِ عَلَىٰ مَا أَنفَقَ فِيهَا وَهِيَ خَاوِيَةٌ عَلَىٰ عُرُوشِهَا وَيَقُولُ يَا لَيْتَنِي لَمْ أُشْرِكْ بِرَبِّي أَحَدًا‎

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2. paw, foot, claw
3. handful

   Synonym: حَفْنة‎ (ḥafna)

4. scale (balance)
5. glove
6. quire
7. bar (of candy)

• Gulf Arabic: چَف‎ (/t͡ʃɐf/)
• Maltese: keff
• → Persian: کف‎

كَفّ • (kaff) m

1. verbal noun of كَفَّ (kaffa) (form I) – abstaining, abstention, cessation, desistance, discontinuation, refraining, stoppage, suspension

From Arabic كَفّ‎ (kaff), from Proto-Semitic *kapp-.

• IPA^(key): /kafː/, [kaf]

كف • (kaff) m (dual كَفِّين‎ (kaffēn), plural كُفوف‎ (kufūf))

1. palm of the hand
2. thwack, slap
3. scale (balance)

Borrowed from Persian کف‎ (kaf, “foam, froth”).

كف • (kef)

1. froth, foam, scum, lather

   Synonym: كوپوك‎ (köpük)

• كف دریا‎ (kef darya, “pumice stone”)

• Turkish: kef
• → Armenian: քեֆ (kʿef)

Borrowed from Arabic كَفّ‎ (kaff, “palm of the hand, hand, paw”).

كف • (kef) (plural اكف‎)

1. hand, the part of the fore limb below the forearm or wrist

   Synonyms: ال‎ (el), دست‎ (dest), ید‎ (yed)

2. palm of the hand, the inner and concave part of the hand

   Synonyms: آوج‎ (avuc), آیا‎ (aya)

3. paw, the soft foot of a mammal, generally a quadruped

   Synonym: پنچه‎ (pençe)

• Turkish: kef

Borrowed from Arabic كَفّ‎ (kaff, “abstention”).

كف • (kef)

1. waiver, desistance, withdrawal, an act of withdrawing
2. (prosody) drop of the last consonant of the feet

• Turkish: kef

From Arabic كَفّ‎ (kaff).

• IPA^(key): /kaff/, [kaf]

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كفّ • (kaff) m (plural كفوف‎ (kfūf))

1. palm (of the hand)

   Synonym: كفة‎ (kaffe)

2. sole (of the foot)

   Synonym: كفة‎ (kaffe)

3. glove
4. slap (in the face)