خاف

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See also: جاف, حاق, and چاق

Arabic

Root
خ و ف (ḵ w f)
10 terms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /xaː.fa/
  • Audio:(file)

Verb

خَافَ (ḵāfa) I (non-past يَخَافُ (yaḵāfu), verbal noun خَوْف (ḵawf) or مَخَافَة (maḵāfa) or خِيفَة (ḵīfa))

  1. to fear, to be afraid of
    Synonyms: خَشِيَ (ḵašiya), ذَعِرَ (ḏaʕira), رَهِبَ (rahiba), هَابَ (hāba)
    • 1973, Mahmoud Messadi, الدار التونسية للنشر, حدث أبو هريرة قال:
      قُلْتُ : إِنِّي أَخَافُ أَنْ يَكُونَ اِنْصِرَافًا لَيْسَ بَعْدَهُ عَوْد
      qultu : ʔinnī ʔaḵāfu ʔan yakūna inṣirāfan laysa baʕdahu ʕawd
      I said, "I am afraid that it'll be a departure there is no, after it, a return".

Conjugation

Egyptian Arabic

Root
خ و ف
1 term

Etymology

From Arabic خَافَ (ḵāfa).

Pronunciation

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Verb

خاف (ḵāf) I (non-past يخاف (yiḵāf), verbal noun خوف (ḵōf))

  1. to fear

Conjugation

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    Conjugation of خاف (form-I hollow)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m خفت (ḵuft) خفت (ḵuft) خاف (ḵāf) خفنا (ḵufna) خفتوا (ḵuftu) خافوا (ḵāfu)
f خفتي (ḵufti) خافت (ḵāfit)
present subjunctive m اخاف (aḵāf) تخاف (tiḵāf) يخاف (yiḵāf) نخاف (niḵāf) تخافوا (tiḵāfu) يخافوا (yiḵāfu)
f تخافي (tiḵāfi) تخاف (tiḵāf)
present indicative m بخاف (baḵāf) بتخاف (bitḵāf) بيخاف (biyḵāf) بنخاف (binḵāf) بتخافوا (bitḵāfu) بيخافوا (biyḵāfu)
f بتخافي (bitḵāfu) بتخاف (bitḵāf)
future m حخاف (ḥaḵāf) حتخاف (ḥatḵāf) حيخاف (ḥayḵāf) حنخاف (ḥanḵāf) حتخافوا (ḥatḵāfu) حيخافوا (ḥayḵāfu)
f حتخافي (ḥatḵāfu) حتخاف (ḥatḵāf)
imperative m خاف (ḵāf) خافوا (ḵāfu)
f خافي (ḵāfi)

References

  • Hinds, Martin, Badawi, El-Said (1986) “خاف”, in A Dictionary of Egyptian Arabic, Beirut: Librairie du Liban, page 269
  • El Dik, Dina, Iskander, Emad (2021) Yalla! Let's Learn Egyptian Colloquial Arabic Verbs, Cairo: The American University in Cairo Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 43

Moroccan Arabic

Root
خ و ف
1 term

Etymology

From Arabic خَافَ (ḵāfa).

Pronunciation

Verb

خاف (ḵāf) I (non-past يخاف (yḵāf))

  1. to fear
    Synonyms: فزع (fzaʕ), اتخلع (ettaḵlaʕ)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of خاف
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m خفت (ḵuft) خفتي (ḵufti) خاف (ḵāf) خفنا (ḵufna) خفتوا (ḵuftu) خافوا (ḵāfu)
f خافت (ḵāfet)
non-past m نخاف (nḵāf) تخاف (tḵāf) يخاف (yḵāf) نخافوا (nḵāfu) تخافوا (tḵāfu) يخافوا (yḵāfu)
f تخافي (tḵāfi) تخاف (tḵāf)
imperative m خاف (ḵāf) خافوا (ḵāfu)
f خافي (ḵāfi)

South Levantine Arabic

Root
خ و ف
4 terms

Etymology

From Arabic خَافَ (ḵāfa).

Pronunciation

Verb

خاف (ḵāf) I (present بخاف (biḵāf), active participle خايف (ḵāyef))

  1. to be afraid or scared

Conjugation

    Conjugation of خاف (ḵāf)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m خفت (ḵift) خفت (ḵift) خاف (ḵāf) خفنا (ḵifna) خفتو (ḵiftu) خافو (ḵāfu)
f خفتي (ḵifti) خافت (ḵāfat)
present m بخاف (baḵāf) بتخاف (bitḵāf) بخاف (biḵāf) منخاف (minḵāf) بتخافو (bitḵāfu) بخافو (biḵāfu)
f بتخافي (bitḵāfi) بتخاف (bitḵāf)
subjunctive m اخاف (aḵāf) تخاف (tḵāf) يخاف (yḵāf) نخاف (nḵāf) تخافو (tḵāfu) يخافو (yḵāfu)
f تخافي (tḵāfi) تخاف (tḵāf)
imperative m خاف (ḵāf) خافو (ḵāfu)
f خافي (ḵāfi)