[1]
كَفَى
He, or it, sufficed, or contented:
hence كَفَانِى فُلَانٌ الأَمْرَ
Such a one sufficed
me, or contented me, in respect of the affair;
i. e., by taking upon himself to perform it or
accomplish it if good, or to prevent it or
avert it if evil: and كَفَانِى شَهِيدًا
He sufficed
me as, or for, a witness; or he suffices me as,
or for, such: and sometimes بِ is redundantly
prefixed to its agent, and sometimes to its objective complement; as in exs. cited in art. ب. See
Ham, p. 152. كَفَى [It sufficed, or satisfied, or
contented,] it stood instead of another thing, or
other things; (Msb;) [as also كَفَى عَنْ غَيْرِهِ.]
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2-b2- كَفَى بِنَا for كَفَانَا &c. See W, pp. 5 and 6
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2-b3- كَفَى, aor. يَكْفِى, inf. n. كِفَايَةٌ, also signifies
دَفَعَ and مَنَعَ followed by مِنْ. (Har, p. 43, q. v.)
[You say, كَفَاهُ الشَّرَّ
He repelled from him evil;
and hence, he defended him therefrom; and he
freed him therefrom: said of God, and of a
man, &c.]