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قفل

قفل

Arabic

Verb

قَفَلَ (qafala) I, non-past يَقْفِلُ or يَقْفُلُ‎ (yaqfilu or yaqfulu)

  1. to return from a journey
  2. to carry on a usurious grain trade
Conjugation
References

Verb

قَفَلَ (qafala) I, non-past يَقْفِلُ‎ (yaqfilu)

  1. (transitive) to close
  2. (transitive) to lock, lock up
  3. to collect, to gather
Conjugation
References
  • قفل” in Malik Ghulam Farid (2006), Dictionary of the Holy Qur'an, Tilford, Surrey, UK: Islam International Publications Ltd., ISBN 1-85372-821-7
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), قفل”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen
  • Wehr, Hans (1979), قفل”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, ISBN 0-87950-003-4

Etymology 2

Verb

قَفَلَ (qafala) I, non-past يَقْفُلُ‎ (yaqfulu)
قَفِلَ (qafila) I, non-past يَقْفَلُ‎ (yaqfalu)

  1. to dry up, wither
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Etymology 3

Noun

قَفْل (qafl) m

  1. verbal noun of قَفَلَ (qafala, to close, lock, gather, dry up) (form I)
  2. verbal noun of قَفِلَ (qafila, to dry up) (form I)
Declension
Conjugation

Etymology 4

Noun

قُفْل (qufl) m (plural أَقْفَال (ʾaqfāl) or أَقْفُل (ʾaqful) or قُفُول (qufūl))

  1. lock, bolt
  2. flag, banner
  3. skein
  4. (modern) caravan
Declension
Conjugation

Egyptian Arabic

Verb

قفل (qafal), يقبل (yiqfil)

  1. to close

Persian

Noun

قفل (qofl)

  1. lock