كافح

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Arabic

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Root
ك ف ح (k f ḥ)
3 terms

Pronunciation

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Verb

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كَافَحَ (kāfaḥa) III (non-past يُكَافِحُ (yukāfiḥu), verbal noun كِفَاح (kifāḥ) or مُكَافَحَة (mukāfaḥa))

  1. (transitive) to manage, to control, to superintend
    يُكَافِحُونَ ٱلْاِنْبِعَاثَاتِyukāfiḥūna l-inbiʕāṯātiThey control emissions.
  2. to endeavor, to strive, to struggle
    كَافَحَ مِنْ أَجْلِ حُقُوقِهِkāfaḥa min ʔajli ḥuqūqihiHe stood up for his rights.
  3. (transitive) to fight
    كَافَحُوا أَعْدَاءَهُمْkāfaḥū ʔaʕdāʔahumThey fought their enemies.
  4. (intransitive) to defend (عَن (ʕan))
    Synonym: دَافَعَ (dāfaʕa)
    كَافَحَ عَنْهَاkāfaḥa ʕanhāHe defended her.

Conjugation

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