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K-P-R is a Semitic root, in Arabic and Hebrew rendered as K-F-R (; ). The basic meaning of the root is "to cover", but it is used in the sense "to conceal" and hence "to deny", and its notability derives from its use for religious heresy or apostasy (as it were describing the "concealment" of religious truth) in both Islam and Judaism.
Etymology Georges Bohas and Mihai Dat, in a study of triconsonantal Semitic roots, noted a connection of X-p-r, p-r-X and p-X-r roots (where X is another consonant) with meanings like "break off", "part," "cut", "shut off", "remove", "break up", "hide", "expel", suggesting a Proto-Semitic biconsontal root pr meaning "cut, divide." It is first attested in the Akkadian verb kaparu ("wipe, smear"), with D-stem kupparu.
Amharic Qofere () dug
Arabic Concepts Kufr (), Kefirah () — negation of the faith; disbelief Kāfir (), pl. () and (), Kofer (), pl. Kofrim () — "coverer" — unbeliever; "a person who hides or covers the truth" Takfīr () — excommunication Mukaffir () — the act which precipitates takfīr Kafare (Arabic) — sentence for a crime, for example lashes for adultery, used in religious issues Kafr () — village Kaffarah (); Kofer () — compensation for damages in Quranic, Talmudic and Mishnaic tort law.
Sunni Hadith () will appear on the front of the face of dajjāl ().
Hebrew Kofer-nefesh ()."The price of a life", "a ransom", compared to Teutonic Weregild. The poll tax of a half shekel to be paid by every male above twenty years at the census, as described in . The spelling "" (with the stress on the e, which stands for which is a long vowel) can mean an unbeliever, similar to the Arabic kafir, see Apostasy in Judaism, Heresy in Orthodox Judaism The main meaning of the root is "atone". For example, in (Yom Kippur), the Day of Atonement. Kfar () — village Kaparah () — atonement for a transgression, or compensation through monetary or spiritual means. See Kaparot () Yom Kippur () — the day of atonement
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See also Arabic root k-f-r on Wiktionary