ك ف ر

See also: كفر

Arabic

Etymology

Cognate with Hebrew כ־פ־ר (k-p-r) as in כיפור (kipúr) in Yom Kippur. Compare غ ف ر (ḡ f r).

Root

ك ف ر • (k-f-r)

1. related to disbelief, rejection; concealing; atonement, forgiving.

Derived terms

• Form I: كَفَرَ (kafara, “to cover, hide; disbelieve, be irreligious”)
  • Verbal noun: كُفْر (kufr)
  • Active participle: كَافِر (kāfir)
  • Passive participle: مَكْفُور (makfūr)
• Form II: كَفَّرَ (kaffara, “to cover; expiate; forgive; atone; make an infidel”)
  • Verbal noun: تَكْفِير (takfīr)
  • Active participle: مُكَفِّر (mukaffir)
  • Passive participle: مُكَفَّر (mukaffar)
• Form IV: أَكْفَرَ (ʔakfara, “to make an infidel, call an infidel, accuse of infidelity”)
  • Verbal noun: إِكْفَار (ʔikfār)
  • Active participle: مُكْفِر (mukfir)
  • Passive participle: مُكْفَر (mukfar)
• Form VI: تَكَافَرَ (takāfara, “to call each other infidel, to accuse each other of infidelity”)
  • Verbal noun: تَكَافُر (takāfur)
  • Active participle: مُتَكَافِر (mutakāfir)
  • Passive participle: مُتَكَافَر (mutakāfar)
• كُفْر (kufr, “disbelief”)
• كَافِر (kāfir, “infidel”)
• تَكْفِير (takfīr, “excommunication”)
• كَفَّارَة (kaffāra)

See also

• K-P-R on Wikipedia.Wikipedia