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Arabic dictionary

Dictionary Habib Anthony Salmone, An Advanced Learner's Arabic-English Dictionary (1889)

Entry كفي

كَفَى(n. ac. كِفَاْيَة) a. Sufficed. b. [acc. & Min or 'An], Served instead of. كَفَّيَa. see I (a) كَاْفَيَa. see I (a)b. [acc. & Bi], Requited by. إِكْتَفَيَ a. [Bi], Was satisfied, contented with, found sufficient. إِسْتَكْفَيَa. see VIIIb. Asked to give enough of. كَُِفْي [كَفْي كِفْي] a. see 21 (b) & 23t كُفْيَة (pl. كُفَي) a. Food. كُفًىa. Equal, like. كَافٍ (pl. كُفَاة [] ) a. Sufficient; sufficiency. b. [Min], Substitute for. كِفَايَة [] a. Sufficiency; sufficient quantity; sufficient. كَفِيّa. see 21 (a) مُكَفَّى [ N. P. a. II] [ coll. ], One who pays for his own board (workman). مُكَافَاة [ N. Ac. كَاْفَيَ (كِفْي)] a. Retribution, requital; recompense compensation. إِكْتِفَآء [ N. Ac. a. VIII], Sufficiency, satisfaction. بِالكِفَايَة a. Sufficiently; enough. هٰذَا رَجُل كَِفْيُكَ مِن رَجُل a. This man will suffice thee. كَك a. Likewise. كَاكَنْج a. A species of gum.