خف

See also: حف‎ and حق‎

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
خ ف ف‎ (ḵ-f-f)

Pronunciation 1

  • IPA(key): /xaf.fa/
Verb

خَفَّ • (ḵaffa) I, non-past يَخِفُّ‎‎ (yaḵiffu)

  1. to be light
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 101:6-11:
      ‏فَأَمَّا مَن ثَقُلَتْ مَوَازِينُهُ ۝ فَهُوَ فِي عِيشَةٍ رَاضِيَةٍ ۝ وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَفَّتْ مَوَازِينُهُ ۝ فَأُمُّهُ هَاوِيَةٌ ۝ وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا هِيَهْ ۝ نَارٌ حَامِيَةٌ‎
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  2. (intransitive) to decrease, to abate, to lessen
    ‏خَفَّ الْمَطَرُ‎
    ḵaffa l-maṭaru
    the rain abated
  3. to depart, go away from (عَن‎ (ʕan))
  4. (of colors) to be less vivid, to be bleached
Conjugation

Pronunciation 2

  • IPA(key): /xuff/
Noun

خُفّ • (ḵuff) m (plural أَخْفَاف‎ (ʔaḵfāf) or خِفَاف‎ (ḵifāf))

  1. (dated) the hoof of a camel
    Hypernym: حَافِر‎ (ḥāfir)
    Synonym: فِرْسِن‎ (firsin)
  2. (figurative) a covering for human feet, a shoe
    Synonyms: حِذَاء‎ (ḥiḏāʔ), نَعْل‎ (naʕl)
    • 7th century CE, Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim, 39:210:
      ‏بَيْنَمَا رَجُلٌ يَمْشِي بِطَرِيقٍ ٱشْتَدَّ عَلَيْهِ الْعَطَشُ، فَوَجَدَ بِئْرًا فَنَزَلَ فِيهَا فَشَرِبَ ثُمَّ خَرَجَ، فَإِذَا كَلْبٌ يَلْهَثُ، يَأْكُلُ الثَّرَى مِنَ الْعَطَشِ، فَقَالَ الرَّجُلُ: لَقَدْ بَلَغَ هَذَا الْكَلْبَ مِنَ الْعَطَشِ مِثْلُ الَّذِي كَانَ بَلَغَ مِنِّي، فَنَزَلَ الْبِئْرَ فَمَلَأَ خُفَّهُ مَاءً ثُمَّ أَمْسَكَهُ بِفِيهِ حَتَّى رَقِيَ فَسَقَى الْكَلْبَ فَشَكَرَ اللَّهُ لَهُ فَغَفَرَ لَهُ‎
      baynamā rajulun yamšī biṭarīqin štadda ʕalayhi l-ʕaṭašu, fawajada biʔran fanazala fīhā fašariba ṯumma ḵaraja, faʔiḏā kalbun yalhaṯu, yaʔkulu ṯ-ṯarā mina l-ʕaṭaši, faqāla r-rajulu: laqad balaḡa haḏā l-kalba mina l-ʕaṭaši miṯlu allaḏī kāna balaḡa minnī, fanazala l-biʔra famalaʔa ḵuffahu māʔan ṯumma ʔamsakahu bifīhi ḥattā raqiya fasaqā l-kalba fašakara l-lahu lahu faḡafara lahu
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Declension

Verb

خَفْ • (ḵaf) (form I)

  1. second-person masculine singular active imperative of خَافَ‎ (ḵāfa)

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Iranian *xwap.

Pronunciation

Noun

خف • (xof)

  1. amadou
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