K-P-R


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 in both Islam and Judaism.

Etymology

George Bohas and Mihai Dat, in a study of triconsonontal Semitic roots, noted a connection of X-p-r, p-r-X and p-X-r roots 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, with D-stem kupparu.

Amharic

Concepts

كافر will appear on the front of the face of dajjāl.

Hebrew