خفق

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Arabic

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Root
خ ف ق (ḵ f q)
2 terms

Pronunciation

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Verb

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خَفَقَ (ḵafaqa) I (non-past يَخْفُقُ (yaḵfuqu) or يَخْفِقُ (yaḵfiqu), verbal noun خَفْق (ḵafq) or خُفُوق (ḵufūq) or خَفَقَان (ḵafaqān))

  1. to beat, to whip
    خَفَقَ ٱلْأَرْضَ بِنَعْلِهِ
    ḵafaqa l-ʔarḍa binaʕlihi
    He struck the ground with his sandal.
    خَفَقَتِ ٱلْبَيْضَ
    ḵafaqati l-bayḍa
    She beat the eggs.
  2. to flap the wings
    خَفَقَ ٱلطَّائِرُ
    ḵafaqa ṭ-ṭāʔiru
    The bird flapped its wings.
  3. to palpitate
    يَخْفُقُ قَلْبِي
    yaḵfuqu qalbī
    My heart palpitates.

Conjugation

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