خروف

See also: حروف‎

Arabic

Etymology

From the root خ ر ف‎ (ḵ-r-f) meaning "to gather produce", "to become ripe or attaining fullness", autumn or harvest, a lamb or colt that has lived long enough to pasture on the produce of this season.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /xa.ruːf/
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Noun

خَرُوف • (ḵarūf) m (plural خِرْفَان‎ (ḵirfān))

lamb (mammal)
a colt of 6-7 months of age (mammal)
(figuratively) young ignorant person, naive, being born yesterday

Declension

Declension of noun خَرُوف (ḵarūf)

Singular	basic singular triptote
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	خَرُوف ḵarūf	الْخَرُوف‎ al-ḵarūf	خَرُوف ḵarūf
Nominative	خَرُوفٌ ḵarūfun	الْخَرُوفُ‎ al-ḵarūfu	خَرُوفُ ḵarūfu
Accusative	خَرُوفًا‎ ḵarūfan	الْخَرُوفَ‎ al-ḵarūfa	خَرُوفَ ḵarūfa
Genitive	خَرُوفٍ ḵarūfin	الْخَرُوفِ‎ al-ḵarūfi	خَرُوفِ ḵarūfi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	خَرُوفَيْن‎ ḵarūfayn	الْخَرُوفَيْن‎ al-ḵarūfayn	خَرُوفَيْ‎ ḵarūfay
Nominative	خَرُوفَانِ‎ ḵarūfāni	الْخَرُوفَانِ‎ al-ḵarūfāni	خَرُوفَا‎ ḵarūfā
Accusative	خَرُوفَيْنِ‎ ḵarūfayni	الْخَرُوفَيْنِ‎ al-ḵarūfayni	خَرُوفَيْ‎ ḵarūfay
Genitive	خَرُوفَيْنِ‎ ḵarūfayni	الْخَرُوفَيْنِ‎ al-ḵarūfayni	خَرُوفَيْ‎ ḵarūfay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
Plural	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	خِرْفَان‎ ḵirfān	الْخِرْفَان‎ al-ḵirfān	خِرْفَان‎ ḵirfān
Nominative	خِرْفَانٌ‎ ḵirfānun	الْخِرْفَانُ‎ al-ḵirfānu	خِرْفَانُ‎ ḵirfānu
Accusative	خِرْفَانًا‎ ḵirfānan	الْخِرْفَانَ‎ al-ḵirfāna	خِرْفَانَ‎ ḵirfāna
Genitive	خِرْفَانٍ‎ ḵirfānin	الْخِرْفَانِ‎ al-ḵirfāni	خِرْفَانِ‎ ḵirfāni

References

Lane, Edward William (1863), “خروف”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, pages 725-727

Hijazi Arabic

خروف

Etymology

From Arabic خَرُوف‎ (ḵarūf).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /xaːˈruːf/

Noun

خروف • (ḵārūf) m

(plural خرفان‎ ‎(ḵirfān) or خواريف‎ ‎(ḵawārīf))

sheep
lamb

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