خف

See also: حف and حق

Arabic

Etymology 1

From the root خ ف ف (ḵ-f-f).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /xaf.fa/

Verb

خَفَّ (ḵaffa) I, non-past يَخِفُّ‎ (yaḵiffu)

  1. (intransitive) to decrease, to abate, to lessen
    خَفَّ الْمَطَرُ
    ḵaffa l-maṭaru
    the rain abated
  2. to be light
  3. to depart, go away from (عَن (ʿan))
  4. (of colors) to be less vivid, to be bleached
Conjugation

Etymology 2

Noun

خُفّ (ḵuff) m (plural أَخْفَاف (ʾaḵfāf) or خِفَاف (ḵifāf))

  1. hoof
  2. slipper
Declension

Etymology 3

Verb

خَفْ (ḵaf) (form I)

  1. second-person masculine singular active imperative of خَافَ (ḵāfa)

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Iranian *xwap.

Noun

خف (xof, xaf)

  1. amadou
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