ك ف ر

Cognate with Hebrew כ־פ־ר‎ (k-p-r) as in כיפור‎ (kipúr) in Yom Kippur. Compare غ ف ر‎ (ḡ f r).

ك ف ر • (k-f-r)

1. related to disbelief, rejection; concealing; atonement, forgiving.

• Form I: كَفَرَ‎ (kafara, “to cover, hide; disbelieve, be irreligious”)
  • Verbal noun: كُفْر‎ (kufr)
  • Active participle: كَافِر‎ (kāfir)
  • Passive participle: مَكْفُور‎ (makfūr)
• Form II: كَفَّرَ‎ (kaffara, “to cover; expiate; forgive; atone; make an infidel”)
  • Verbal noun: تَكْفِير‎ (takfīr)
  • Active participle: مُكَفِّر‎ (mukaffir)
  • Passive participle: مُكَفَّر‎ (mukaffar)
• Form IV: أَكْفَرَ‎ (ʔakfara, “to make an infidel, call an infidel, accuse of infidelity”)
  • Verbal noun: إِكْفَار‎ (ʔikfār)
  • Active participle: مُكْفِر‎ (mukfir)
  • Passive participle: مُكْفَر‎ (mukfar)
• Form VI: تَكَافَرَ‎ (takāfara, “to call each other infidel, to accuse each other of infidelity”)
  • Verbal noun: تَكَافُر‎ (takāfur)
  • Active participle: مُتَكَافِر‎ (mutakāfir)
  • Passive participle: مُتَكَافَر‎ (mutakāfar)
• كُفْر‎ (kufr, “disbelief”)
• كَافِر‎ (kāfir, “infidel”)
• تَكْفِير‎ (takfīr, “excommunication”)
• كَفَّارَة‎ (kaffāra)

• K-P-R on Wikipedia.Wikipedia