خفض

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See also: جفص

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Etymology 1[edit]

Root
خ ف ض (ḵ-f-ḍ)

Verb[edit]

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[edit]

Verb[edit]

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[edit]

Verb[edit]

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[edit]

Noun[edit]

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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