أخفى

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See also: أخفي and أحقي

Arabic

Root
خ ف ي (ḵ f y)
12 terms

Etymology 1.1

Verb

أَخْفَى (ʔaḵfā) IV (non-past يُخْفِي (yuḵfī), verbal noun إِخْفَاء (ʔiḵfāʔ))

  1. to hide, to conceal
    مَا ٱلَّذِي تُخْفِيهِ عَنِّي؟
    mā llaḏī tuḵfīhi ʕannī?
    What are you hiding from me?
  2. to shelter
  3. to keep secret
  4. to disguise
Conjugation

Etymology 1.2

Adjective

أَخْفَى (ʔaḵfā) (feminine خُفْيَا (ḵufyā), masculine plural أَخْفَوْنَ (ʔaḵfawna), feminine plural خُفْيَيَات (ḵufyayāt))

  1. elative degree of خَفِيّ (ḵafiyy):
    1. better hidden or concealed
    2. more covert, secret or mysterious
Declension

South Levantine Arabic

Root
خ ف ي
2 terms

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Arabic أَخْفَى (ʔaḵfā).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔax.fa/,
  • Audio (al-Lidd):(file)

Verb

أخفى (ʔaḵfa) IV (present بخفي (biḵfi))

  1. (formal) to hide, to conceal
    Synonym: خبّى (ḵabba)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of أخفى (ʔaḵfa)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m أخفيت (ʔaḵfēt) أخفيت (ʔaḵfēt) أخفى (ʔaḵfa) أخفينا (ʔaḵfēna) أخفيتو (ʔaḵfētu) أخفو (ʔaḵfu)
f أخفيتي (ʔaḵfēti) أخفت (ʔaḵfat)
present m بخفي (baḵfi) بتخفي (btiḵfi) بيخفي (biḵfi) منخفي (mniḵfi) بتخفو (btiḵfu) بيخفو (biḵfu)
f بتخفي (btiḵfi) بتخفي (btiḵfi)
subjunctive m اخفي (aḵfi) تخفي (tiḵfi) يخفي (yiḵfi) نخفي (niḵfi) تخفو (tiḵfu) يخفو (yiḵfu)
f تخفي (tiḵfi) تخفي (tiḵfi)
imperative m اخفي (iḵfi) اخفو (iḵfu)
f اخفي (iḵfi)