خفيف

See also: حقيق, حفيف, and خفیف

Arabic

Root
خ ف ف (ḵ-f-f)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xa.fiːf/

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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)
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
• → 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/

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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)