خفي

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See also: حفي, حقي, and خفی

Arabic

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Root
خ ف ي (ḵ f y)
12 terms

Etymology 1.1

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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خَفِيَ (ḵafiya) I (non-past يَخْفَى (yaḵfā), verbal noun خَفَاء (ḵafāʔ) or خِفْيَة (ḵifya) or خُفْيَة (ḵufya))

  1. to be hidden
  2. to be unbeknown
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 3:5:
      إِنَّ اللَّٰهَ لَا يَخْفَى عَلَيْهِ شَيْءٌ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَلَا فِي السَّمَاءِ
      ʔinna llāha lā yaḵfā ʕalayhi šayʔun fī l-ʔarḍi walā fī s-samāʔi
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  3. to vanish, to hide oneself
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Etymology 1.2

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Adjective

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خَفِيّ (ḵafiyy) (feminine خَفِيَّة (ḵafiyya), masculine plural خَفِيُّونَ (ḵafiyyūna) or أَخْفِيَاء (ʔaḵfiyāʔ), feminine plural خَفِيَّات (ḵafiyyāt) or خَفَايَا (ḵafāyā))

  1. hidden, invisible, unseen
  2. mysterious, secret, covert, surreptitious
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 19:3:
      إِذْ نَادَىٰ رَبَّهُ نِدَاءً خَفِيًّا
      ʔiḏ nādā rabbahu nidāʔan ḵafiyyan
      when he cried out to his Lord privately.
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Descendants
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  • Ottoman Turkish: خفی (hafi)