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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