خفيف

See also: حقيق, حفيف, and خفیف

Arabic

Root
خ ف ف (ḵ f f)
9 terms

Etymology

فَعِيل (faʕīl)-type stative-verb derived from the active participle from the verb خَفَّ (ḵaffa, “to become light”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xa.fiːf/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -iːf

Adjective

خَفِيف • (ḵafīf) (feminine خَفِيفَة (ḵafīfa), common plural خِفَاف (ḵifāf), masculine plural خَفِيفُونَ (ḵafīfūna) or أَخِفَّاء (ʔaḵiffāʔ), feminine plural خَفِيفَات (ḵafīfāt), elative أَخَفّ (ʔaḵaff))

1. light (in weight)
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 7:189:

     فَلَمَّا تَغَشَّاهَا حَمَلَتْ حَمْلًا خَفِيفًا فَمَرَّتْ بِهِ

     falammā taḡaššāhā ḥamalat ḥamlan ḵafīfan famarrat bihi

     After he had been united with her, she carried a light burden that developed gradually..

2. nimble, agile, skillful
3. insignificant
4. weak, feeble
5. light-minded, frivolous, fickle
6. imbecile

Declension

Declension of adjective خَفِيف (ḵafīf)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	خَفِيف ḵafīf	الْخَفِيف al-ḵafīf	خَفِيفَة ḵafīfa	الْخَفِيفَة al-ḵafīfa
Nominative	خَفِيفٌ ḵafīfun	الْخَفِيفُ al-ḵafīfu	خَفِيفَةٌ ḵafīfatun	الْخَفِيفَةُ al-ḵafīfatu
Accusative	خَفِيفًا ḵafīfan	الْخَفِيفَ al-ḵafīfa	خَفِيفَةً ḵafīfatan	الْخَفِيفَةَ al-ḵafīfata
Genitive	خَفِيفٍ ḵafīfin	الْخَفِيفِ al-ḵafīfi	خَفِيفَةٍ ḵafīfatin	الْخَفِيفَةِ al-ḵafīfati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	خَفِيفَيْن ḵafīfayn	الْخَفِيفَيْن al-ḵafīfayn	خَفِيفَتَيْن ḵafīfatayn	الْخَفِيفَتَيْن al-ḵafīfatayn
Nominative	خَفِيفَانِ ḵafīfāni	الْخَفِيفَانِ al-ḵafīfāni	خَفِيفَتَانِ ḵafīfatāni	الْخَفِيفَتَانِ al-ḵafīfatāni
Accusative	خَفِيفَيْنِ ḵafīfayni	الْخَفِيفَيْنِ al-ḵafīfayni	خَفِيفَتَيْنِ ḵafīfatayni	الْخَفِيفَتَيْنِ al-ḵafīfatayni
Genitive	خَفِيفَيْنِ ḵafīfayni	الْخَفِيفَيْنِ al-ḵafīfayni	خَفِيفَتَيْنِ ḵafīfatayni	الْخَفِيفَتَيْنِ al-ḵafīfatayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	sound masculine plural‎; basic broken plural diptote‎; basic broken plural triptote		sound feminine plural‎; basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	خَفِيفِين‎; أَخِفَّاء‎; خِفَاف ḵafīfīn‎; ʔaḵiffāʔ‎; ḵifāf	الْخَفِيفِين‎; الْأَخِفَّاء‎; الْخِفَاف al-ḵafīfīn‎; al-ʔaḵiffāʔ‎; al-ḵifāf	خَفِيفَات‎; خِفَاف ḵafīfāt‎; ḵifāf	الْخَفِيفَات‎; الْخِفَاف al-ḵafīfāt‎; al-ḵifāf
Nominative	خَفِيفُونَ‎; أَخِفَّاءُ‎; خِفَافٌ ḵafīfūna‎; ʔaḵiffāʔu‎; ḵifāfun	الْخَفِيفُونَ‎; الْأَخِفَّاءُ‎; الْخِفَافُ al-ḵafīfūna‎; al-ʔaḵiffāʔu‎; al-ḵifāfu	خَفِيفَاتٌ‎; خِفَافٌ ḵafīfātun‎; ḵifāfun	الْخَفِيفَاتُ‎; الْخِفَافُ al-ḵafīfātu‎; al-ḵifāfu
Accusative	خَفِيفِينَ‎; أَخِفَّاءَ‎; خِفَافًا ḵafīfīna‎; ʔaḵiffāʔa‎; ḵifāfan	الْخَفِيفِينَ‎; الْأَخِفَّاءَ‎; الْخِفَافَ al-ḵafīfīna‎; al-ʔaḵiffāʔa‎; al-ḵifāfa	خَفِيفَاتٍ‎; خِفَافًا ḵafīfātin‎; ḵifāfan	الْخَفِيفَاتِ‎; الْخِفَافَ al-ḵafīfāti‎; al-ḵifāfa
Genitive	خَفِيفِينَ‎; أَخِفَّاءَ‎; خِفَافٍ ḵafīfīna‎; ʔaḵiffāʔa‎; ḵifāfin	الْخَفِيفِينَ‎; الْأَخِفَّاءِ‎; الْخِفَافِ al-ḵafīfīna‎; al-ʔaḵiffāʔi‎; al-ḵifāfi	خَفِيفَاتٍ‎; خِفَافٍ ḵafīfātin‎; ḵifāfin	الْخَفِيفَاتِ‎; الْخِفَافِ al-ḵafīfāti‎; al-ḵifāfi

Descendants

• Maltese: ħafif
• Moroccan Arabic: خفيف (ḵfīf)
• → Azerbaijani: xəfif
• → Swahili: hafifu
• → Ottoman Turkish: خفیف (ḫafif)
  • → Turkish: hafif

Noun

اَلْخَفِيف • (al-ḵafīf) m

1. (prosody) a type of poetic meter (clarification of this definition is needed)

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “خفيف”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen
• Wehr, Hans (1960) “خفيف”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 3rd edition, Ithaca, NY: Otto Harrassowitz

Moroccan Arabic

Root
خ ف ف
3 terms

Etymology

From Arabic خَفِيف (ḵafīf).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xfiːf/

• Audio:

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Adjective

خفيف • (ḵfīf) (feminine خفيفة (ḵfīfa), common plural خفاف (ḵfāf), masculine plural خفيفات (ḵfīfīn), feminine plural خفيفات (ḵfīfāt), elative أخفف (ʔaḵfaf) or خفف (ḵfaf) or خف (ḵaff))

1. light (in weight)

   Antonym: تقيل (tqīl)

2. agile

South Levantine Arabic

Root
خ ف ف
3 terms

Etymology

From Arabic خَفِيف (ḵafīf).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xa.fiːf/, [xaˈfiːf]

• Audio (Ramallah):

  (file)

Adjective

خفيف • (ḵafīf) (feminine خفيفة (ḵafīfe), common plural خفاف (ḵfāf), elative أخفّ (ʔaḵaff))

1. light, slight (weight or intensity)

   Antonym: تقيل (tʔīl)