خرف

See also: حرف, خرق, حرق, and خ ر ق

Arabic

Etymology

From the root خ ر ف (ḵ-r-f).

Verb

خَرَفَ (ḵarafa) I, non-past يَخْرُفُ‎ (yaḵrufu)

  1. to pluck off from the top

Conjugation

Verb

خَرِفَ (ḵarifa) I, non-past يَخْرَفُ‎ (yaḵrafu)

  1. to be senile, to dote
  2. to lose fruits

Conjugation

Verb

خَرَّفَ (ḵarrafa) II, non-past يُخَرِّفُ‎ (yuḵarrifu)

  1. to blather, to natter senile stuff
  2. to call somebody senile

Conjugation

Noun

خَرَف (ḵaraf) m

  1. verbal noun of خَرِفَ (ḵarifa) (form I)
  2. (medicine) dementia
  3. dates of lowest quality

Declension

Adjective

خَرِف (ḵarif)

  1. senile, dotardly

Declension

References

  • Freytag, Georg (1830), خرف”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 1, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 478
  • Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860), خرف”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc (in French), volume 1, Paris: Maisonneuve et Cie, pages 561–562

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic خَرَف (ḵaraf).

Adjective

خرف (xaraf)

  1. senile

Derived terms

  • خرف شده
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