1.
, verbal noun
مُكَافَأَةُ and
كِفَأءٌ,
He requited, compensated, or
recompensed, him for a thing. (
S,
K.)
2.
مَا لِى بِهِ قِبَلٌ وَلَا كِفَاءٌ
I have not power to requite him. (
S.)
3.
كافأه, (
K,) verbal noun
مُكَافَأَةٌ and
كِفَاءٌ, (
TA,)
He was like him; was equal to him; equalled him. (
K.)
4.
-A2- كافأه
He watched him; observed him. (
K.)
5.
-A3- كافأ, (
K,) verbal noun
مُكَافَأَةٌ, (
TA,)
He repelled; turned, or
put away; kept away, or
off; withstood, or
resisted. (
K,
TA.)
6.
كافأ بَيْنَ
فَارِسَيْنِ بِرُمْحِهِ
He thrust this horseman, and then that, with his spear. (
K,
TA.)
7.
كافأ بين
البَعِيرَيْنِ
He stabbed this camel, and then that. (
Z.)
8.
-A4- لَا مُكَافَأَةَ عِنْدِى فِى كَذَا
There is no concealment with me in respect of such a thing; as also لا مُحَاجَاةَ. (TA in article حجو.)