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ع ك ف (ʿayn kāf fā) arabic root word meaning.


There are 9 words derived from this root in the Quran.
    The triliteral root ʿayn kāf fā (ع ك ف) occurs nine times in the Quran, in three derived forms:
    • 1 times as the form I verb yaʿkufu (يَعْكُفُ)
    • seven times as the active participle ʿākif (عَاكِف)
    • 1 times as the passive participle maʿkūf (مَعْكُوف)



to arrange, set a thing in order, he kept or clave to it constantly and perseveringly, continue intently, they went round something, advance/approach it, withheld/detain/confined, to seclude oneself, remain/stay/dwell.ya'kufuuna (imp. 3rd. m. pl.): they clung to.'aakif (act. pic. m. sing.): inhabitant.'aakifuuna / aakifiina (acc./ act. pic. pl.): those who are performing i'tikaaf.ma'kuufan (pic. pac. acc.): detained, stopped.

All words derived from ʿayn kāf fā root word


WordMeaningArabic
(2:125:20) wal-ʿākifīna
and those who devote
وَالْعَاكِفِينَ
(2:187:51) ʿākifūna
(are) secluded
عَاكِفُونَ
(7:138:8) yaʿkufūna
devoted
يَعْكُفُونَ
(20:91:5) ʿākifīna
being devoted to it
عَاكِفِينَ
(20:97:22) ʿākifan
devoted
عَاكِفًا
(21:52:11) ʿākifūna
(are) devoted
عَاكِفُونَ
(22:25:14) l-ʿākifu
(are) the resident
الْعَاكِفُ
(26:71:6) ʿākifīna
devoted
عَاكِفِينَ
(48:25:9) maʿkūfan
(was) prevented
مَعْكُوفًا
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