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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