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Highlights
Present tense
يَكْتَفِي
Verbal noun
اِكْتِفَاء
Active participle
مُكْتَفٍ
Passive participle
مُكْتَفًى
Most common words from the same root
اِكْتَفَى in English
Verb · Form VIII
- to content oneself with
.لم يكتف الاحتلال ببناء الجدار الفاصل وعزلنا عن مقبرة العائلة واراضينا ومصادرة أكثر من 13 دونما من اراضينا الزراعية، يريد اليوم التحكم في عملية الدخول والخروج من والى النفقThe [Israeli] occupation does not content itself with the building of the separating wall and in secluding us from the family graveyard and our lands and with the confiscation of more than 13 dunam of our croplands, it yearns for the day of mastership in the process of entering and leaving from and to the tunnel.2017 October 24, “بوابات الاحتلال في الولجة تمهد لعزل المواطنين عن اراضيهم”, in AlQuds.com, archived from the original on 24 Oct 2017
- to get by, to get along
Words from the root ك-ف-ي
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كَفَى
· present يَكْفِي
Form I · The plain action
to be enough for (someone); to protect; to spare
اِكْتَفَى
· present يَكْتَفِي
Form VIII · Reflexive, often idiomatic
to content oneself with; to get by, to get along
اِكْتِفَاء
contentment
مُكْتَفٍ
مُكْتَفًى
اِكْتَفَى conjugation
Active voice. Present, subjunctive and jussive are the three moods of the non-past.
| Pronoun | Past | Present | Subjunctive | Jussive | Imperative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| أَنَا I | اِكْتَفَيْتُ | أَكْتَفِي | أَكْتَفِيَ | أَكْتَفِ | — |
| أَنْتَ you (m.) | اِكْتَفَيْتَ | تَكْتَفِي | تَكْتَفِيَ | تَكْتَفِ | اِكْتَفِ |
| أَنْتِ you (f.) | اِكْتَفَيْتِ | تَكْتَفِينَ | تَكْتَفِي | تَكْتَفِي | اِكْتَفِي |
| هُوَ he | اِكْتَفَى | يَكْتَفِي | يَكْتَفِيَ | يَكْتَفِ | — |
| هِيَ she | اِكْتَفَتْ | تَكْتَفِي | تَكْتَفِيَ | تَكْتَفِ | — |
| أَنْتُمَا you two | اِكْتَفَيْتُمَا | تَكْتَفِيَانِ | تَكْتَفِيَا | تَكْتَفِيَا | اِكْتَفِيَا |
| هُمَا they two (m.) | اِكْتَفَيَا | يَكْتَفِيَانِ | يَكْتَفِيَا | يَكْتَفِيَا | — |
| هُمَا they two (f.) | اِكْتَفَتَا | تَكْتَفِيَانِ | تَكْتَفِيَا | تَكْتَفِيَا | — |
| نَحْنُ we | اِكْتَفَيْنَا | نَكْتَفِي | نَكْتَفِيَ | نَكْتَفِ | — |
| أَنْتُمْ you all (m.) | اِكْتَفَيْتُمْ | تَكْتَفُونَ | تَكْتَفُوا | تَكْتَفُوا | اِكْتَفُوا |
| أَنْتُنَّ you all (f.) | اِكْتَفَيْتُنَّ | تَكْتَفِينَ | تَكْتَفِينَ | تَكْتَفِينَ | اِكْتَفِينَ |
| هُمْ they (m.) | اِكْتَفَوْا | يَكْتَفُونَ | يَكْتَفُوا | يَكْتَفُوا | — |
| هُنَّ they (f.) | اِكْتَفَيْنَ | يَكْتَفِينَ | يَكْتَفِينَ | يَكْتَفِينَ | — |
| Verbal noun | اِكْتِفَاء |
|---|---|
| Active participle | مُكْتَفٍ |
| Passive participle | مُكْتَفًى |
اِكْتَفَى in a sentence
Dictionary examples
to content oneself with
.لم يكتف الاحتلال ببناء الجدار الفاصل وعزلنا عن مقبرة العائلة واراضينا ومصادرة أكثر من 13 دونما من اراضينا الزراعية، يريد اليوم التحكم في عملية الدخول والخروج من والى النفقThe [Israeli] occupation does not content itself with the building of the separating wall and in secluding us from the family graveyard and our lands and with the confiscation of more than 13 dunam of our croplands, it yearns for the day of mastership in the process of entering and leaving from and to the tunnel.2017 October 24, “بوابات الاحتلال في الولجة تمهد لعزل المواطنين عن اراضيهم”, in AlQuds.com, archived from the original on 24 Oct 2017
From a fully vowelled text
وَسَأَلَهُ جُنْدِيُّونَ أَيْضًا قَائِلِينَ: «وَمَاذَا نَفْعَلُ نَحْنُ؟» فَقَالَ لَهُمْ: «لاَ تَظْلِمُوا أَحَدًا، وَلاَ تَشُوا بِأَحَدٍ، وَاكْتَفُوا بِعَلاَئِفِكُمْ».And the soldiers likewise demanded of him, saying, And what shall we do? And he said unto them, Do violence to no man, neither accuse any falsely; and be content with your wages.Luke 3:14, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
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