كفر
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كفر¹
- /ka.fa.ra/
Where it comes from
Compare Classical Syriac ܟܦܲܪ (kəp̄ar).
verb كَفَرَ · kafara · يَكْفُرُ · كُفْر · كُفْرَان · كُفُور
- to disbelieve (in), to close oneself off to زُيِّنَ لِلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٱ ٱلْحَيَاةُ ٱلدُّنْيَا وَيَسْخَرُونَ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَالَّذِينَ ٱتَّقَوْا فَوْقَهُمْ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَامَةِ وَٱللّٰهُ يَرْزُقُ مَنْ يَشَاءُ بِغَيْرِ حِسَابٍ
- to be ungrateful فَٱذْكُرُونِي أَذْكُرْكُمْ وَٱشْكُرُوا لِي وَلَا تَكْفُرُونِ
- to disclaim association with, to renounce إِن تَدْعُوهُمْ لَا يَسْمَعُوا دُعَاءَكُمْ وَلَوْ سَمِعُوا مَا ٱسْتَجَابُوا لَكُمْۖ وَيَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَامَةِ يَكْفُرُونَ بِشِرْكِكُمْۚ وَلَا يُنَبِّئُكَ مِثْلُ خَبِيرٍ
كفر²
- /ka.fa.ra/
verb كَفَرَ · kafara · يَكْفُرُ · يَكْفِرُ · كَفْر
- to cover, hide
كفر³
- /kufr/
noun كُفْر · kufr · الْكُفْر · كُفْرٌ
- disbelief; disacknowledgment
- ingratitude
كفر⁴
- /ka.fa.ra/
noun كَفْر · kafr · الْكَفْر · كَفْرٌ
- verbal noun of كَفَرَ (kafara) (form I)
- darkness, blackness
- earth, dust
- grave, sepulcher
كفر⁵
- /kaf.fa.ra/
verb كَفَّرَ · kaffara · يُكَفِّرُ · تَكْفِير · مُكَفِّر
- to expiate, do penance, atone كفّر عن ذنوبه
- to forgive, grant pardon
- to accuse of infidelity, charge with unbelief
- to make an infidel, seduce to unbelief
- to cover, hide
كفر⁶
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Aramaic כַּפְרָא / ܟܰܦܪܳܐ (kap̄rā, “village, open town, unfortified town”), from Akkadian 𒅗𒀊𒊒 (kaprum, “farm, village; a settlement outside of a city”), considered to represent a word particular to the non-Akkadian “Mari language”, that is to be formed either in the unknown East Semitic or the unknown Amorite language spoken there. Probably originally meaning an agricultural storage-room, doublet of غَفْر (ḡafr), related to the meaning of “covering” connecting the roots غ ف ر (ḡ f r), כ־פ־ר (k-p-r). Compare Hebrew כְּפָר (kp̄ār, “village”).
noun كَفْر · kafr · كُفُور · الْكَفْر
- open, town, village, suburb لَا تَسْكُنِ الْكُفُورَ، فَإِنَّ سَاكِنَ الْكُفُورِ كَسَاكِنِ الْقُبُورِ
كفر⁷
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Aramaic כּוּפְרָא / ܟܘܦܪܐ (kūp̄rā, “pitch, tar; asphalt”), from Akkadian 𒇒𒌓𒀀 (kupru, “bitumen, pitch”), from Akkadian 𒅗𒉺𒊒 (kapāru, “to smear or daub on”). Doublet of غُفْرَان (ḡufrān). Compare Old Armenian կուպր (kupr), a Semitic borrowing.
noun كُفْر · kufr · الْكُفْر · كُفْرٌ
- pitch, tar
كفر⁸
noun كَفَر · kavar · kafar · كفرات
- cover, case
Thesaurus
In English
- village a rural habitation of size between a hamlet and a town
- infidelity lack of religious belief
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title = {كفر},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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