خاف

See also: جاف, حاق, and چاق

Arabic

Etymology

From the root خ و ف (ḵ-w-f)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /xaː.fa/
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Verb

خَافَ (ḵāfa) I, non-past يَخَافُ‎ (yaḵāfu)

  1. to fear, to be afraid
    Synonyms: خَشِيَ (ḵašiya), ذَعِرَ (ḏaʿira), رَهِبَ (rahiba), هَابَ (hāba), هَلَعَ (halaʿa)
    • 1973, Mahmoud Messadi, الدار التونسية للنشر , حدث أبو هريرة قال :
      قُلْتُ : إِنِّي أَخَافُ أَنْ يَكُونَ اِنْصِرَافًا لَيْسَ بَعْدَهُ عَوْد
      qultu : ʾinnī ʾaḵāfu ʾan yakūna inṣirāfan laysa baʿdahu ʿawd
      I said, "I am afraid that it'll be a departure [that] there is no, after it, a return".

Conjugation

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