خرف

See also: حرف, خرق, حرق, and خ ر ق

Arabic

Etymology

From the root خ ر ف (ḵ-r-f).

Verb

1. to pluck off from the top

Verb

1. to be senile, to dote
2. to lose fruits

Verb

خَرَّفَ • (ḵarrafa) II (non-past يُخَرِّفُ (yuḵarrifu), verbal noun تَخْرِيف (taḵrīf))

1. to blather, to natter senile stuff
2. to call somebody senile

Noun

خَرَف • (ḵaraf) m

1. verbal noun of خَرِفَ (ḵarifa) (form I)
2. (medicine) dementia
3. dates of lowest quality

Declension

Declension of noun خَرَف (ḵaraf)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	خَرَف ḵaraf	الْخَرَف al-ḵaraf	خَرَف ḵaraf
Nominative	خَرَفٌ ḵarafun	الْخَرَفُ al-ḵarafu	خَرَفُ ḵarafu
Accusative	خَرَفًا ḵarafan	الْخَرَفَ al-ḵarafa	خَرَفَ ḵarafa
Genitive	خَرَفٍ ḵarafin	الْخَرَفِ al-ḵarafi	خَرَفِ ḵarafi

Adjective

خَرِف • (ḵarif)

1. senile, dotardly

Declension

Declension of adjective خَرِف (ḵarif)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	خَرِف ḵarif	الْخَرِف al-ḵarif	خَرِفَة ḵarifa	الْخَرِفَة al-ḵarifa
Nominative	خَرِفٌ ḵarifun	الْخَرِفُ al-ḵarifu	خَرِفَةٌ ḵarifatun	الْخَرِفَةُ al-ḵarifatu
Accusative	خَرِفًا ḵarifan	الْخَرِفَ al-ḵarifa	خَرِفَةً ḵarifatan	الْخَرِفَةَ al-ḵarifata
Genitive	خَرِفٍ ḵarifin	الْخَرِفِ al-ḵarifi	خَرِفَةٍ ḵarifatin	الْخَرِفَةِ al-ḵarifati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	خَرِفَيْن ḵarifayn	الْخَرِفَيْن al-ḵarifayn	خَرِفَتَيْن ḵarifatayn	الْخَرِفَتَيْن al-ḵarifatayn
Nominative	خَرِفَانِ ḵarifāni	الْخَرِفَانِ al-ḵarifāni	خَرِفَتَانِ ḵarifatāni	الْخَرِفَتَانِ al-ḵarifatāni
Accusative	خَرِفَيْنِ ḵarifayni	الْخَرِفَيْنِ al-ḵarifayni	خَرِفَتَيْنِ ḵarifatayni	الْخَرِفَتَيْنِ al-ḵarifatayni
Genitive	خَرِفَيْنِ ḵarifayni	الْخَرِفَيْنِ al-ḵarifayni	خَرِفَتَيْنِ ḵarifatayni	الْخَرِفَتَيْنِ al-ḵarifatayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	plural unknown		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	? ?	? ?	خَرِفَات ḵarifāt	الْخَرِفَات al-ḵarifāt
Nominative	? ?	? ?	خَرِفَاتٌ ḵarifātun	الْخَرِفَاتُ al-ḵarifātu
Accusative	? ?	? ?	خَرِفَاتٍ ḵarifātin	الْخَرِفَاتِ al-ḵarifāti
Genitive	? ?	? ?	خَرِفَاتٍ ḵarifātin	الْخَرِفَاتِ al-ḵarifāti

References

• Freytag, Georg (1830) “خرف”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[1] (in Latin), volume 1, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 478
• Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860) “خرف”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc‎^[2] (in French), volume 1, Paris: Maisonneuve et C^ie, pages 561–562

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Persian

Etymology

From Arabic خَرَف (ḵaraf).

Adjective

خرف • (xaraf)

1. senile

Derived terms

• خرف شده