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كافِي
sufficient /ˈkaː.fiː/
adjectiveA2#1022 most common
Also: enough, adequate
Example sentences
هذا كافٍ.
This is enough.
الطعام كافٍ لنا.
The food is enough for us.
ليس لدينا وقت كافٍ اليوم.
We do not have enough time today.
لم تكن الأدلة كافيةً لإدانة المتهم.
The evidence was not sufficient to convict the accused.
رغم أن الميزانية تبدو كافية، إلا أنها لا تغطي النفقات الطارئة.
Although the budget seems sufficient, it does not cover the emergency expenses.
لم يجد المجلس مبرراً كافياً لتمديد حالة الطوارئ في ظل تراجع الإصابات.
The council found no sufficient justification to extend the state of emergency given the decline in cases.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | كافٍ (kāfin) | كافون (kāfūna) |
| Genitive | كافٍ (kāfin) | كافين (kāfīna) |
| Accusative | كافِياً (kāfiyan) | كافين (kāfīna) |
| Vocative | يا كافي (yā kāfī) | يا كافون (yā kāfūna) |
Word family
كَفَىto suffice, be enough
كِفايةsufficiency; competence
اِكْتَفَىto be content with
اِكْتِفاءcontentment; self-sufficiency
مُكْتَفٍself-sufficient, content
Etymology
This is the active participle of the Form I verb كَفَى (kafā), meaning to suffice or be enough. It comes from the triliteral root ك-ف-ي, whose core sense is meeting a need fully. The participial pattern فاعِل turns the verb into the one that suffices, hence sufficient.
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