sufficiency
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كَفَى in English
Verb · Form I
- to be enough for (someone)
- to protect
- to spare
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
كَفَى conjugation
Active voice. Present, subjunctive and jussive are the three moods of the non-past.
| Pronoun | Past | Present | Subjunctive | Jussive | Imperative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| أَنَا I | كَفَيْتُ | أَكْفِي | أَكْفِيَ | أَكْفِ | — |
| أَنْتَ you (m.) | كَفَيْتَ | تَكْفِي | تَكْفِيَ | تَكْفِ | اِكْفِ |
| أَنْتِ you (f.) | كَفَيْتِ | تَكْفِينَ | تَكْفِي | تَكْفِي | اِكْفِي |
| هُوَ he | كَفَى | يَكْفِي | يَكْفِيَ | يَكْفِ | — |
| هِيَ she | كَفَتْ | تَكْفِي | تَكْفِيَ | تَكْفِ | — |
| أَنْتُمَا you two | كَفَيْتُمَا | تَكْفِيَانِ | تَكْفِيَا | تَكْفِيَا | اِكْفِيَا |
| هُمَا they two (m.) | كَفَيَا | يَكْفِيَانِ | يَكْفِيَا | يَكْفِيَا | — |
| هُمَا they two (f.) | كَفَتَا | تَكْفِيَانِ | تَكْفِيَا | تَكْفِيَا | — |
| نَحْنُ we | كَفَيْنَا | نَكْفِي | نَكْفِيَ | نَكْفِ | — |
| أَنْتُمْ you all (m.) | كَفَيْتُمْ | تَكْفُونَ | تَكْفُوا | تَكْفُوا | اِكْفُوا |
| أَنْتُنَّ you all (f.) | كَفَيْتُنَّ | تَكْفِينَ | تَكْفِينَ | تَكْفِينَ | اِكْفِينَ |
| هُمْ they (m.) | كَفَوْا | يَكْفُونَ | يَكْفُوا | يَكْفُوا | — |
| هُنَّ they (f.) | كَفَيْنَ | يَكْفِينَ | يَكْفِينَ | يَكْفِينَ | — |
| Verbal noun | كِفَايَة |
|---|---|
| Active participle | كَافٍ |
| Passive participle | مَكْفِيّ |
كَفَى in a sentence
From a fully vowelled text
قَالَ لَهُ فِيلُبُّسُ: «يَا سَيِّدُ، أَرِنَا الآبَ وَكَفَانَا».Philip saith unto him, Lord, shew us the Father, and it sufficeth us.John 14:8, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
فَقَالُوا: «يَا رَبُّ، هُوَذَا هُنَا سَيْفَانِ». فَقَالَ لَهُمْ: «يَكْفِي!».And they said, Lord, behold, here are two swords. And he said unto them, It is enough.Luke 22:38, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
فَقَالَ يَسُوعُ: «اتْرُكُوهَا! إِنَّهَا لِيَوْمِ تَكْفِينِي قَدْ حَفِظَتْهُ،Then said Jesus, Let her alone: against the day of my burying hath she kept this.John 12:7, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
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