خروف

See also: حروف

Arabic

Etymology

From the root خ ر ف (ḵ-r-f) meaning "to gather produce", "to become ripe or attaining fullness", autumn or harvest, a lamb or colt that has lived long enough to pasture on the produce of this season.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xa.ruːf/

• Audio:

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Noun

خَرُوف • (ḵarūf) m (plural خِرْفَان (ḵirfān))

1. lamb (mammal)
2. a colt of 6-7 months of age (mammal)
3. (figuratively) young ignorant person, naive, being born yesterday

Declension

Declension of noun خَرُوف (ḵarūf)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	خَرُوف ḵarūf	الْخَرُوف al-ḵarūf	خَرُوف ḵarūf
Nominative	خَرُوفٌ ḵarūfun	الْخَرُوفُ al-ḵarūfu	خَرُوفُ ḵarūfu
Accusative	خَرُوفًا ḵarūfan	الْخَرُوفَ al-ḵarūfa	خَرُوفَ ḵarūfa
Genitive	خَرُوفٍ ḵarūfin	الْخَرُوفِ al-ḵarūfi	خَرُوفِ ḵarūfi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	خَرُوفَيْن ḵarūfayn	الْخَرُوفَيْن al-ḵarūfayn	خَرُوفَيْ ḵarūfay
Nominative	خَرُوفَانِ ḵarūfāni	الْخَرُوفَانِ al-ḵarūfāni	خَرُوفَا ḵarūfā
Accusative	خَرُوفَيْنِ ḵarūfayni	الْخَرُوفَيْنِ al-ḵarūfayni	خَرُوفَيْ ḵarūfay
Genitive	خَرُوفَيْنِ ḵarūfayni	الْخَرُوفَيْنِ al-ḵarūfayni	خَرُوفَيْ ḵarūfay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	خِرْفَان ḵirfān	الْخِرْفَان al-ḵirfān	خِرْفَان ḵirfān
Nominative	خِرْفَانٌ ḵirfānun	الْخِرْفَانُ al-ḵirfānu	خِرْفَانُ ḵirfānu
Accusative	خِرْفَانًا ḵirfānan	الْخِرْفَانَ al-ḵirfāna	خِرْفَانَ ḵirfāna
Genitive	خِرْفَانٍ ḵirfānin	الْخِرْفَانِ al-ḵirfāni	خِرْفَانِ ḵirfāni

References

Lane, Edward William (1863) “خروف”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[1], London: Williams & Norgate, pages 725-727

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Hijazi Arabic

خروف

Etymology

From Arabic خَرُوف (ḵarūf).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xaːˈruːf/

Noun

خروف • (ḵārūf) m (plural خرفان ‎(ḵirfān) or خواريف ‎(ḵawārīf))

1. sheep
2. lamb