مخافة

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See also: محاقة

Arabic

Pronunciation

Noun

مَخَافَة (maḵāfaf (plural مَخَاوِف (maḵāwif))

  1. verbal noun of خَافَ (ḵāfa) (form I)
    رَأْسُ الْحِكْمَةِ مَخَافَةُ اللّٰهِ
    raʔsu l-ḥikmati maḵāfatu llāhi
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    • 10th century, Al-Mutanabbi
      وَمَنْ يُنْفِقِ السَّاعَاتِ فِي جَمْعِ مِالِهِ / مَخَافَةَ فَقْرٍ فَٱلَّذِي فَعَلَ الْفَقْرُ
      waman yunfiqi s-sāʕāti fī jamʕi mi-l-ihi / maḵāfata faqrin fallaḏī faʕala l-faqru
      Whoever spends hours accumulating wealth for fear of poverty, poverty is what they are actually doing.
  2. fear

Declension