kaf~N * [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 Euj~aAlN .] ― -b3- kaf~N A handful; what one takes with the hand, or grasps; syn. quboDapN . (S, art. qbD .) ― -b4- [ Darabahu kaf~FA He struck him a slap with the hand. ] ― -b5- [ kaf~N often signifies The paw of a beast.] ― -b6- Alkaf~u Alja*omaA='u The star α of Cetus. ― -b7- Alkaf~u AlxaDiybu The β of Cassiopeia.
The corpus record — Arabic
كَفَّ
kaffa
kaf~N * [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 Euj~aAlN .] ― -b3- kaf~N A handful; what one takes with the hand, or grasps; syn. quboDapN . (S,
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Where it lives
- The Quran 8 · 0.62/10k
What it meant — Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon
In the wild
- يَكُفُّ Quran 21:39 (Al-Anbiya 39)
- كَفَّ Quran 48:20 (Al-Fath 20)
- كَفَّ Quran 48:24 (Al-Fath 24)
- كُفُّ Quran 4:77 (An-Nisa 77)
- يَكُفَّ Quran 4:84 (An-Nisa 84)
- يَكُفُّ Quran 4:91 (An-Nisa 91)
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Quran text from Tanzil (tanzil.net), distributed verbatim per its license. Morphological facts derived from the Quranic Arabic Corpus (corpus.quran.com, Kais Dukes), stated as facts with source credit. Dictionary senses from Lane, An Arabic-English Lexicon (1863-93, public domain), via the Perseus Digital Library.