خاف

See also: جاف, حاق, and چاق

Arabic

Etymology

From the root خ و ف (ḵ-w-f)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xaː.fa/

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Verb

1. (transitive) to fear, to be afraid (of)

   Synonyms: خَشِيَ (ḵašiya), ذَعِرَ (ḏaʕira), رَهِبَ (rahiba), هَابَ (hāba)

   • 1973, Mahmoud Messadi, الدار التونسية للنشر , حدث أبو هريرة قال :

     قُلْتُ : إِنِّي أَخَافُ أَنْ يَكُونَ اِنْصِرَافًا لَيْسَ بَعْدَهُ عَوْد

     qultu : ʔinnī ʔaḵāfu ʔan yakūna inṣirāfan laysa baʕdahu ʕawd

     I said, "I am afraid that it'll be a departure [that] there is no, after it, a return".

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Egyptian Arabic

Verb

1. to fear