كفات

From the root ك ف ت‎ (k-f-t).

• IPA^(key): /ki.faːt/

كِفَات • (kifāt) m

1. place of aggregation, stead where things are drawn towards
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 77:25-26:

     ‏أَلَمْ نَجْعَلِ الْأَرْضَ كِفَاتًا أَحْيَاءً وَأَمْوَاتًا؟‎‎

     ʔa-lam najʕali l-ʔarḍa kifātan ʔaḥyāʔan wa-ʔamwātan?

     Have we not made the earth a place living and dead come together?

2. verbal noun of كِفَات (kifāt, “to hasten, to be swift and contract oneself therein, to turn aside to run with vehemence”) (form I)