تكفير

Arabic

Etymology

Verbal noun of كَفَّرَ (kaffara, “to expiate, charge with disbelief”) from the root ك ف ر (k f r) "to cover".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tak.fiːr/

Noun

تَكْفِير • (takfīr) m

1. expiation, atonement, penance
2. seduction to infidelity; charge of apostasy; excommunicate

Declension

Declension of noun تَكْفِير (takfīr)

singular	basic singular triptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	تَكْفِير takfīr	التَّكْفِير at-takfīr	تَكْفِير takfīr
nominative	تَكْفِيرٌ takfīrun	التَّكْفِيرُ at-takfīru	تَكْفِيرُ takfīru
accusative	تَكْفِيرًا takfīran	التَّكْفِيرَ at-takfīra	تَكْفِيرَ takfīra
genitive	تَكْفِيرٍ takfīrin	التَّكْفِيرِ at-takfīri	تَكْفِيرِ takfīri

See also

• كَفَّارَة (kaffāra, “expiation, atonement”)
  • يَوْم الْكَفَّارَة (yawm al-kaffāra, “Yom Kippur, Day of Atonement”)
• كَافِر (kāfir, “disbeliever”)
• كفار