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كُفُو equal in Arabic

كُفُو is how you say “equal” in Arabic.

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Example sentence

فقرأ في صلاة الصبح قل هو الله أحد حتى بلغ ولم يكن له كفوا أحد فقال اللهم إن كان في الأرض أحد فاجعله كفوا لي

He recited in the morning prayer 'Say, He is Allah, the One,' until he reached 'and there is none equal to Him,' then said: O Allah, if there is anyone on earth, make him my equal.

كُفُوًا equivalent

An indefinite noun 'an equal', in the accusative -an because it is the leading predicate of the 'was not' clause, fronted before its subject. Arabic can put this predicate up front and mark it with the object-style ending.

From Bedouin Manners

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فقرأ في صلاة الصبح قل هو الله أحد حتى بلغ ولم يكن له كفوا أحد فقال اللهم إن كان في الأرض أحد فاجعله كفوا لي

He recited in the morning prayer 'Say, He is Allah, the One,' until he reached 'and there is none equal to Him,' then said: O Allah, if there is anyone on earth, make him my equal.

كُفُوًا an equal

An indefinite noun 'an equal' in the accusative -an, here the second object of 'make', naming what 'him' should be made into. 'Make X Y' gives both X and Y object-style endings.

From Bedouin Manners

قال لأني سمعت الله يقول ولم يكن له كفوا أحد فأردت أن أكون أنا ذلك الكفؤ إذا كان موجودًا

He said: Because I heard Allah say, '[Nor is there to Him any equivalent],' so I wanted to be that equivalent if it existed.

كُفُوًا an equivalent

An indefinite noun 'an equal' fronted as the predicate of 'was not', so accusative -an before its subject.

From Bedouin Manners

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