خفض

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See also: جفص

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
خ ف ض (ḵ-f-ḍ)

Verb

خَفَضَ (ḵafaḍa) I, non-past يَخْفِضُ‎ (yaḵfiḍu)

  1. to remain, abide, stay
  2. (transitive) to lower, sink, let down, place lower
  3. to humble, humiliate
  4. to lower the voice
    اِخْفِضْ صَوْتَكَ!iḵfiḍ ṣawtaka!Lower your voice!
  5. to bend wood
  6. to walk slowly
  7. to put a word in the oblique case
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Etymology 2

Verb

خَفُضَ (ḵafuḍa) I, non-past يَخْفُضُ‎ (yaḵfuḍu)

  1. to be easy and comfortable
  2. (passive voice) to get circumcised (of a girl)
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Etymology 3

Verb

خَفَّضَ (ḵaffaḍa) II, non-past يُخَفِّضُ‎ (yuḵaffiḍu)

  1. (transitive) to lower, to sink
  2. to do or say anything gently or with moderation
  3. to lower the voice
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Etymology 4

Noun

خَفْض (ḵafḍm

  1. verbal noun of خَفَضَ (ḵafaḍa, to lower) (form I)
  2. verbal noun of خَفُضَ (ḵafuḍa, to be easy and comfortable, get circumcised) (form I)
  3. quiet, comfortable life
  4. ease and comfort, affluence
  5. humiliation
  6. low tone or voice
  7. measured walk
  8. oblique case
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