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كفن

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Arabic

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Root
ك ف ن (k f n)
2 terms

Verb

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كَفَنَ (kafana) I (non-past يَكْفِنُ (yakfinu), verbal noun كَفْن (kafn))

  1. to cover with a winding sheet, to shroud, dress for the grave (the deceased)

Conjugation

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Verb

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كَفَّنَ (kaffana) II (non-past يُكَفِّنُ (yukaffinu), verbal noun تَكْفِين (takfīn))

  1. to wrap

Conjugation

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Noun

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كَفَن (kafanm (plural أَكْفَان (ʔakfān))

  1. shroud, winding sheet, wrapping of a dead

Declension

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Descendants

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References

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Ottoman Turkish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic كَفَن (kafan, shroud, winding cloth), verbal noun of كَفَنَ (kafana, to cover with a shroud).

Noun

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كفن (kefen or kefin) (definite accusative كفنی (kefeni, kefini), plural اكفان (ekfân))

  1. shroud, winding cloth, any cloth in which a corpse is wrapped for burial

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Descendants

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