1 كَفَلَ بَالمَالِ ذ He was, or became, responsible, answerable, accountable, amenable, surety, or guarantee, for the property (Msb) owed by another person: (IbrD:) [it may be rendered he guaranteed the property. See مَكْفُولٌ ]. -b2- كَفَلَ بَالنَّفْسِ He was, or became, responsible, answerable, amenable, or surety, for another person, (Msb,) i. e., for the latter's appearance, or presence, to answer a suit. (IbrD.)

كَفَلٌ ذ The عَجُز [or hinder part, posteriors, buttocks, or rump ]: (Msb, K:) or the رِدْف [or hindermost part ] thereof: or the [ part called ] قَطَن . (K.)

كَفِيلٌ ذ One who is responsible, answerable, amenable, or a sponsor or surety. (S, K, &c.)

كَفَالَةٌ ذ Responsibility; answerableness; amenability; or suretiship; (S, Mgh, Msb, K;) the conjoining of one responsibility ( ذِمَّة ) to another, [i. e., the conjoining one's own responsibility to that of another person, ] with respect to the right of suit, [ so that one person becomes liable to be sued for that which another owes ]; (Mgh;) i. q. ضَمَانٌ . (S, &c.)

مِكْفَالٌ ذ A woman large in the كَفَل [or hinder part, or posteriors ]. (TA in art. ثقل .)