*√KPR “to wipe”

#Semitic *√KPR “to wipe” appears in:

#Akkadian

• kapāru “to spread, wipe”
• kuppuru “purify”
• kāpir “temple’s worker”
• takpirtu “wiping rite”

#Ugaritic

• kapara 𐎋𐎔𐎗“to wipe, expiate?”

#Hebrew

• kāp̄ar כפר “to deny a conventionally accepted truth”
• kōp̄ēr כופר “heretic, atheist”
• kipper כיפר “to expiate, forgive”
• kappārâ כפרה “atoning sacrifice, forgiveness”
• kippūr כיפור “expiation” (yom kippur “Day of Atonement”)

#Judeopalestinianaramaic

• kəpar כפר “to wipe, clean”
• kapper כפר“to expiate”

#Arabic

• kaffara كفّر “accuse of unbelief, expiate”
• tafkīrتكفير “atonement”
• kaffāra كفّارة “atoning sacrifice, expiation”
• kafara كفر “cover, deny, not believe in a single god”
• kāfir كافر “heretic, atheist, infidel, disbeliever”