كفات

Arabic

Root
ك ف ت (k f t)
3 terms

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ki.faːt/

Noun

كِفَات • (kifāt) m

1. place of aggregation, stead where things are drawn towards
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 77:25-26:

     أَلَمْ نَجْعَلِ الْأَرْضَ كِفَاتًا أَحْيَاءً وَأَمْوَاتًا؟

     ʔa-lam najʕali l-ʔarḍa kifātan ʔaḥyāʔan wa-ʔamwātan?

     Have we not made the earth a place living and dead come together?

2. verbal noun of كِفَات (kifāt, “to hasten, to be swift and contract oneself therein, to turn aside to run with vehemence”) (form I)

Declension

Declension of noun كِفَات (kifāt)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	كِفَات kifāt	الْكِفَات al-kifāt	كِفَات kifāt
Nominative	كِفَاتٌ kifātun	الْكِفَاتُ al-kifātu	كِفَاتُ kifātu
Accusative	كِفَاتًا kifātan	الْكِفَاتَ al-kifāta	كِفَاتَ kifāta
Genitive	كِفَاتٍ kifātin	الْكِفَاتِ al-kifāti	كِفَاتِ kifāti