حذف

Arabic

Etymology 1

Verb form I from the root ح ذ ف (ḥ-ḏ-f).

Verb

1. to shorten, clip, curtail with accusative or with مِنْ (min) and genitive
2. to take away, cut or clip off, reduce
3. to strike or cross out
4. (grammar, phonology) to elide, apocopate, drop by apheresis
5. (mathematics, accounting) to deduct, subtract
6. (ditransitive) to throw with accusative and بِـ (bi-), pelt
7. to throw away, discard with بِـ (bi-)

Synonyms

• (elide): أَسْقَطَ (ʔasqaṭa)

Etymology 2

Verb form II from the root ح ذ ف (ḥ-ḏ-f).

Verb

حَذَّفَ • (ḥaḏḏafa) II (non-past يُحَذِّفُ (yuḥaḏḏifu), verbal noun تَحْذِيف (taḥḏīf))

1. (transitive) to clip, trim
2. (transitive) to give shape, to cut, clip, or trim into proper shape

Etymology 3

Verbal noun from حَذَفَ (ḥaḏafa).

Noun

حَذْف • (ḥaḏf) m

1. shortening, curtailing, cutting off, trimming
2. cancellation, crossing out, deletion, omission, dropping, suppression
3. (grammar, phonology, phonetics) elision, deletion, ellipsis, apocope, apheresis

Declension

Declension of noun حَذْف (ḥaḏf)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	حَذْف ḥaḏf	الْحَذْف al-ḥaḏf	حَذْف ḥaḏf
Nominative	حَذْفٌ ḥaḏfun	الْحَذْفُ al-ḥaḏfu	حَذْفُ ḥaḏfu
Accusative	حَذْفًا ḥaḏfan	الْحَذْفَ al-ḥaḏfa	حَذْفَ ḥaḏfa
Genitive	حَذْفٍ ḥaḏfin	الْحَذْفِ al-ḥaḏfi	حَذْفِ ḥaḏfi

Synonyms

• إِسْقَاط (ʔisqāṭ)

Etymology 4

From the root ح ذ ف (ḥ-ḏ-f) in the sense of "trimming (especially laterally)", from the تَحْذِيفُ الشَّعَر‎ (taḥḏīfu š-šaʕar, “undercut hairstyle”); so called for the distinctive teal-colored side patches on the bird's head.

Noun

حَذَف • (ḥaḏaf) m

1. teal (some birds in the genus Anas)

Declension

Declension of noun حَذَف (ḥaḏaf)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	حَذَف ḥaḏaf	الْحَذَف al-ḥaḏaf	حَذَف ḥaḏaf
Nominative	حَذَفٌ ḥaḏafun	الْحَذَفُ al-ḥaḏafu	حَذَفُ ḥaḏafu
Accusative	حَذَفًا ḥaḏafan	الْحَذَفَ al-ḥaḏafa	حَذَفَ ḥaḏafa
Genitive	حَذَفٍ ḥaḏafin	الْحَذَفِ al-ḥaḏafi	حَذَفِ ḥaḏafi

Derived terms

• حَذَفِيّ (ḥaḏafiyy, “teal-coloured”)