كَفّ restrict in Arabic
كَفّ is how you say “restrict” in Arabic.
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Example sentence
وَيَأْمُرُهُ عِنْدَ وُقُوعِ الشُّبْهَةِ بِاسْتِعْمَالِ الأَحْوَطِ فِي كَفِّ الْهَوَى
And it will instruct him, when in doubt, to use the safer option to curb desire.
كَفِّ curb
A noun, 'the restraining of', not a verb here; genitive after 'in', opening a possessive pair.
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كلمةُ ذكرٍ خفيّة، وردُّ أمانةٍ، وكفُّ أذًى عن طريق الناس كلّها تزداد ثِقَلًا بقدر الصدق فيها
A hidden word of remembrance, returning a trust, and withholding harm from people's paths—all increase in weight according to the sincerity within them.
وَكَفُّ and withholding
'and the withholding of' — 'wa' plus 'kaff', nominative, third item, head of an 'of' pairing with 'harm'.
فَأَسْنَدَ رُكْبَتَيْهِ إلَى رُكْبَتَيْهِ، وَوَضَعَ كَفَّيْهِ عَلَى فَخِذَيْهِ، وَقَالَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ أَخْبِرْنِي عَنْ الْإِسْلَامِ
He rested his knees against his knees and placed his hands on his thighs, and said: 'O Muhammad, tell me about Islam.'
كَفَّيْهِ his hands
This is the dual, 'two palms / hands', with an attached -hi (his) marking the owner as the stranger. The dual carries 'exactly two' in the word's shape rather than by a separate 'two'.