خفق

Arabic

Etymology

From root خ ف ق‎ (ḵ-f-q).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /xa.fa.qa/

Verb

خَفَقَ • (ḵafaqa) I, non-past يَخْفُقُ‎ or يَخْفِقُ‎‎ (yaḵfuqu or yaḵfiqu)

  1. to beat, to whip
    ‏خَفَقَ ٱلْأَرْضَ بِنَعْلِهِ‎
    ḵafaqa l-ʾarḍa binaʿlihi
    He struck the ground with his sandal.
    ‏خَفَقَتِ ٱلْبَيْضَ‎
    ḵafaqati l-bayḍa
    She beat the eggs.
  2. to flap the wings
    ‏خَفَقَ ٱلطَّائِرُ‎
    ḵafaqa ṭ-ṭāʾiru
    The bird flapped its wings.
  3. to palpitate
    ‏يَخْفُقُ قَلْبِي‎
    yaḵfuqu qalbī
    My heart palpitates.

Conjugation

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