خلف

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See also: خلق, حلق, جلق, and خ ل ق

Arabic

Root
خ ل ف (ḵ l f)
13 terms

Etymology 1.1

Pronunciation

Preposition

خَلْفَ (ḵalfa)

  1. behind
    • 2019, Courtney Charley, chapter 1, in نِسَاء صَغِيرَات, translation of Little Women by Louisa Alcott (in English):
      بَدَأَت جُو تَمْشِي ذَهَابًا وَإِيَابًا وَيَدَاهَا خَلْفَ ظَهْرِهَا، كَٱلرَّجُلِ.
      badaʔat jū tamšī ḏahāban waʔiyāban wayadāhā ḵalfa ẓahrihā, kar-rajuli.
      Joe started walking back and forth with her hands behind her back, like a man.
Inflection
    Inflected forms
Base form خَلْفَ (ḵalfa)
Personal-pronoun-
including forms
Singular Dual Plural
Masculine Feminine Common Masculine Feminine
First person خَلْفِي (ḵalfī) خَلْفَنَا (ḵalfanā)
Second person خَلْفَكَ (ḵalfaka) خَلْفَكِ (ḵalfaki) خَلْفَكُمَا (ḵalfakumā) خَلْفَكُمْ (ḵalfakum) خَلْفَكُنَّ (ḵalfakunna)
Third person خَلْفَهُ (ḵalfahu) خَلْفَهَا (ḵalfahā) خَلْفَهُمَا (ḵalfahumā) خَلْفَهُمْ (ḵalfahum) خَلْفَهُنَّ (ḵalfahunna)
Derived terms

Etymology 1.2

Pronunciation

Noun

خَلْف (ḵalfm (plural خُلُوف (ḵulūf))

  1. verbal noun of خَلَفَ (ḵalafa) (form I)
  2. location that is behind
  3. time past
  4. back
  5. successor, descendant
  6. descendants
  7. remnant of people
  8. succeeding generation, progeny
  9. short rib
  10. someone absent from the tribe or just returned
Declension

Etymology 1.3

From Proto-Semitic *ḫalap-. Cognate with Biblical Hebrew חָלַף (ḥɔlap̄, to move past).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /xa.la.fa/
  • Audio:(file)

Verb

خَلَفَ (ḵalafa) I (non-past يَخْلُفُ (yaḵlufu), verbal noun خَلْف (ḵalf))

  1. to succeed, to follow, to come after
  2. to substitute for
  3. to replace
  4. to lag behind
  5. to stay behind
  6. to be detained, to stay away
Conjugation

Etymology 1.4

Pronunciation

Verb

خَلَّفَ (ḵallafa) II (non-past يُخَلِّفُ (yuḵallifu), verbal noun تَخْلِيف (taḵlīf))

  1. to appoint as a successor
  2. to leave behind
  3. (intransitive) to have offspring
Conjugation

References

South Levantine Arabic

Root
خ ل ف
5 terms

Etymology 1

From Arabic خَلَفَ (ḵalafa).

Pronunciation

Verb

خلف (ḵalaf) I (present بخلف (biḵlif))

  1. to replace, to reward
Conjugation
    Conjugation of خلف (ḵalaf)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m خلفت (ḵalaft) خلفت (ḵalaft) خلف (ḵalaf) خلفنا (ḵalafna) خلفتو (ḵalaftu) خلفو (ḵalafu)
f خلفتي (ḵalafti) خلفت (ḵalfat)
present m بخلف (baḵlif) بتخلف (btiḵlif) بخلف (biḵlif) منخلف (mniḵlif) بتخلفو (btiḵlifu) بخلفو (biḵlifu)
f بتخلفي (btiḵlifi) بتخلف (btiḵlif)
subjunctive m أخلف (ʔaḵlif) تخلف (tiḵlif) يخلف (yiḵlif) نخلف (niḵlif) تخلفو (tiḵlifu) يخلفو (yiḵlifu)
f تخلفي (tiḵlifi) تخلف (tiḵlif)
imperative m اخلف (iḵlif) اخلفو (iḵlifu)
f اخلفي (iḵlifi)

Etymology 2

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Pronunciation

Verb

خلّف (ḵallaf) II (present بخلّف (biḵallef))

  1. to give birth
    Synonym: جاب (jāb)
Conjugation
    Conjugation of خلّف (ḵallaf)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m خلّفت (ḵallaft) خلّفت (ḵallaft) خلّف (ḵallaf) خلّفنا (ḵallafna) خلّفتو (ḵallaftu) خلّفو (ḵallafu)
f خلّفتي (ḵallafti) خلّفت (ḵallafat)
present m بخلّف (baḵallef) بتخلّف (bitḵallef) بخلّف (biḵallef) منخلّف (minḵallef) بتخلّفو (bitḵallfu) بخلّفو (biḵallfu)
f بتخلّفي (bitḵallfi) بتخلّف (bitḵallef)
subjunctive m اخلّف (aḵallef) تخلّف (tḵallef) يخلّف (yḵallef) نخلّف (nḵallef) تخلّفو (tḵallfu) يخلّفو (yḵallfu)
f تخلّفي (tḵallfi) تخلّف (tḵallef)
imperative m خلّف (ḵallef) خلّفو (ḵallfu)
f خلّفي (ḵallfi)