كفن

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Arabic[edit]

Root
ك ف ن (k-f-n)

Verb[edit]

كَفَنَ (kafana) I, non-past يَكْفِنُ‎ (yakfinu)

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

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كَفَّنَ (kaffana) II, non-past يُكَفِّنُ‎ (yukaffinu)

  1. to wrap

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كَفَن (kafanm (plural أَكْفَان (ʔakfān))

  1. shroud, winding sheet, wrapping of a dead

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Etymology[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

كفن (kefen, 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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