خفي

See also: حفي‎, حقي‎, and خفی‎

Arabic

Etymology

From the root خ ف ي‎ (ḵ-f-y).

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ijj

Verb

خَفِيَ • (ḵafiya) I, non-past يَخْفَى‎‎ (yaḵfā)

  1. to be hidden
  2. to be unbeknown
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 3:5:
      ‏إِنَّ اللَّٰهَ لَا يَخْفَى عَلَيْهِ شَيْءٌ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَلَا فِي السَّمَاءِ‎
      ʾinna llāha lā yaḵfā ʿalayhi šayʾun fī l-ʾarḍi walā fī s-samāʾi
      (please add an English translation of this quote)
  3. to vanish, to hide oneself

Conjugation

Adjective

خَفِيّ • (ḵafiyy) (feminine خَفِيَّة‎ (ḵafiyya), masculine plural خَفِيُّونَ‎ (ḵafiyyūna) or أَخْفِيَاء‎ (ʾaḵfiyāʾ), feminine plural خَفِيَّات‎ (ḵafiyyāt) or خَفَايَا‎ (ḵafāyā))

  1. hidden, invisible, unseen
  2. mysterious, secret, covert, surreptitious

Declension

Descendants

  • → Ottoman Turkish: خفی‎ (hafi)
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