كَفَىٰ

1 kafaY * He, or it, sufficed, or contented: hence kafaAniY fulaAnN AlA^amora Such a one sufficed me, or contented me, in respect of the affair; i. e., by taking upon himself to perform it or accomplish it if good, or to prevent it or avert it if evil: and kafaAniY $ahiydFA He sufficed me as, or for, a witness; or he suffices me as, or for, such: and sometimes bi is redundantly prefixed to its agent, and sometimes to its objective complement; as in exs. cited in art. b . See Ham, p. 152. kafaY [ It sufficed, or satisfied, or contented, ] it stood instead of another thing, or other things; (Msb;) [as also kafaY Eano gayorihi .] ― -b2- kafaY binaA for kafaAnaA &c. See W, pp. 5 and 6 ― -b3- kafaY , aor. yakofiY , inf. n. kifaAyapN , also signifies dafaEa and manaEa followed by mino . (Har, p. 43, q. v.) [You say, kafaAhu Al$~ar~a He repelled from him evil; and hence, he defended him therefrom; and he freed him therefrom: said of God, and of a man, &c.]