كف
1 كَفَّ التَّوْبَ He sewed the edge, or border, of the garment, or piece of cloth, the second time, (
S,
K,) after the [slight] sewing termed المَلُّ, (
S,) or الشَّلُّ. (
K.)
b2: [He felled (a seam or garment).]
b3: كَفَّ عَنْهُ,
aor. كَفُّ
, He refrained, or forbore, from it, as forbidden; abstained, or desisted, from it; left, relinquished, or forsook it: (
Msb:) [as also ↓ انكفّ].
b4: كَفَّ عَنْهُ He refrained, desisted, forbore, abstained, or held, from it. (
K, &c.)
b5: كَفَّهُ عَنْهُ He made him to refrain, forbear, or abstain, from it; averted him, turned him away or back, from it; (
K;) prevented, hindered, held, withheld, or restrained, him from it. (
Mgh,
Msb,
TA.)
b6: [كَفَّ بَيْنَهُمَا He interposed as a restrainer between them two: a phrase of frequent occurrence].
b7: كَفَّ مِنَ الشَّعَرِ (
M,
K, art. قصر) He shortened the hair. (
M, ibid.) 3 كَافُّوا عَدُوَّهُمْ i. q.
حَاجَزُوهُمْ, which see.
b2: مُكَافَّةٌ signifies
i. q. مُحَاجَزَةٌ, because it is a preventing, or an abstaining, from fighting. (
Mgh.) 7 إِنْكَفَ3َ see 1.
كَفٌّ [generally The hand: sometimes,
app., the palm only:]
accord. to
Az, the palm with the fingers. (
Msb.)
b2: [Hence, A cake of the length and thickness of the hand: thus in the present day. See عُجَّالٌ.]
b3: كَفٌّ A handful; what one takes with the hand, or grasps;
syn. قُبْضَةٌ. (
S, art. قبض.)
b4: [ضَرَبَهُ كَفًّا
He struck him a slap with the hand.]
b5: [كَفٌّ often signifies The paw of a beast.]
b6: الكَفُّ الجَذْمَآءُ
The star α of Cetus.
b7: الكَفُّ الخَضِيبُ The
β of Cassiopeia.
كَفَّةٌ
: see كِفَّةٌ.
كُفَّةٌ The selvage, i. e. border, or side, of a garment or piece of cloth, (
S,
Msb,) that has no هُدْب [or end of unwoven threads]: (
S,
voce طُرَّةٌ:) or what surrounds the skirt of a shirt: or whatever is oblong; as the حَاشِيَة of a garment or piece of cloth, and of sand: and the edge of a thing. (
K.) كِفَّةٌ The bezel, or collet, i. e. the part in which the stone is set, of a signet-ring. (
TA in art. ركب.) See كُرْسِىٌّ.
b2: See also طَرْقٌ.
b3: كِفَّةٌ A scale of a balance: (
MA:) vulg. ↓ كَفَّةٌ. (
K.) كَفَافٌ The like of a thing. (
S,
K.)
b2: Food, or sustenance, that renders one independent of others: (
S,
K:) or sufficient for one's want, not exceeding nor falling short. (
Msb.) كِفَافٌ The circuit, rim, or surrounding edge, of a thing. (
S,
K.) كِفَافَةٌ [
app. a
subst., not an
inf. n.,] The act, or art, of sewing in the manner termed كَفٌّ; (
TA;)
contr. of شِلَاشَةٌ. (
TA in art. شل.) نَاقَةٌ كَافَّةٌ An old and weak she-camel. (
AO,
TA in art. سدم.)
b2: [مَا كَافَّةٌ The restrictive مَا, which is annexed to أَنَّ إِنَّ, &c.: so called because it restrains the
particle to which it is adjoined from exercising any government.]
b3: كَافَّةً
Wholly. (
Bd and
Jel in ii. 204.) حَرْفُ مُكَافَأَةٍ
A
particle denoting compensation, or the complement of a condition; like حَرْفُ جَزَآءٍ.
