خفي

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See also: حفي, حقي, and خفی

Arabic

Root
خ ف ي (ḵ f y)
12 terms

Etymology 1.1

Pronunciation

Verb

خَفِيَ (ḵafiya) I (non-past يَخْفَى (yaḵfā), verbal noun خَفَاء (ḵafāʔ) or خِفْيَة (ḵifya) or خُفْيَة (ḵufya))

  1. to be hidden
  2. to be unbeknown
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 3:5:
      إِنَّ اللَّٰهَ لَا يَخْفَى عَلَيْهِ شَيْءٌ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَلَا فِي السَّمَاءِ
      ʔinna llāha lā yaḵfā ʕalayhi šayʔun fī l-ʔarḍi walā fī s-samāʔi
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  3. to vanish, to hide oneself
Conjugation

Etymology 1.2

Pronunciation

Adjective

خَفِيّ (ḵafiyy) (feminine خَفِيَّة (ḵafiyya), masculine plural خَفِيُّونَ (ḵafiyyūna) or أَخْفِيَاء (ʔaḵfiyāʔ), feminine plural خَفِيَّات (ḵafiyyāt) or خَفَايَا (ḵafāyā))

  1. hidden, invisible, unseen
  2. mysterious, secret, covert, surreptitious
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 19:3:
      إِذْ نَادَىٰ رَبَّهُ نِدَاءً خَفِيًّا
      ʔiḏ nādā rabbahu nidāʔan ḵafiyyan
      when he cried out to his Lord privately.
Declension
Descendants
  • Ottoman Turkish: خفی (hafi)