Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

قَفَا أَثَرَهُ and إِتْرَهُ He followed his track, or footsteps; tracked him. (Ṣ, Mṣb.)

قَفَا فُلَانًا He followed the footsteps of such a one. (TA.) See قَصَّ أَثَرَهُ, which signifies the same, for a better explanation. See also فَقَوْتُ أَثَرَهُ.

قَفًا The back of the neck. (Ṣ, Mṣb, Ḳ.)

عَيْنَاهُ فِى قَفَاهُ is said of him who is put to flight. because he looks behind him, fearing pursuit. (TA in art. انف.) And جَعَلَ أَنْفَهُ فِى قَفَاهُ: see أَنْفٌ.

[Also the back of the hand: and the flat back of a knife and the like.]

قَفِيَّةٌ: see دَوَآءُ.

قَافِيَةٌ, by synecdoche, for ذُو قَافِيَةٍ, (IJ,) ‡ A verse; a single verse of a poem. (Akh, Az, TA.)

Also, [by a further extension of the proper signification,] A قَصِيدَة [or an ode, or a poem]. (Az, IJ, TA.)