خفيف الدم

Arabic

Etymology

Literally: “light-blooded”. Compare semantically dated German leichtblütig with the same sense. Probably based on the concepts of humoral medicine.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xa.fiːf ad.da.mi/

Adjective

خَفِيف الدَّمِ • (ḵafīf ad-dami) (feminine خَفِيفة الدَّمِ (ḵafīfat ad-dami))

1. funny, light-hearted, amusing, good at making jokes and entertaining people