خافت

See also: حاقت

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
خ ف ت (ḵ f t)
2 terms

Verb

خَافَتَ • (ḵāfata) III (non-past يُخَافِتُ (yuḵāfitu), verbal noun مُخَافَتَة (muḵāfata))

to ruminate, to make a faint continuous chewing noise (of camels and cattle)
to speak in a low voice, to lower one's voice [with بِ (bi) ‘in one's words, reading, etc.’]
1. (figurative) to be a mystery; to be a thing unspoken; to make a thing secret, private or restricted to the public or masses
  - 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 17:110:
    قُلِ ادْعُوا اللَّهَ أَوِ ادْعُوا الرَّحْمَٰنَ ۖ أَيًّا مَّا تَدْعُوا فَلَهُ الْأَسْمَاءُ الْحُسْنَىٰ ۚ وَلَا تَجْهَرْ بِصَلَاتِكَ وَلَا تُخَافِتْ بِهَا وَابْتَغِ بَيْنَ ذَٰلِكَ سَبِيلًا
    Say: Call on God or call on the all-Encompassing; whatever that you may call, the characteristics which are best belong to Him. And do not make a spectacle of you keeping close to God nor make a mystery of it, but cause yourselves to behoove from a course between that.

Conjugation

Conjugation of **خَافَتَ** (III, sound, impersonal passive, verbal noun *مُخَافَتَة*)

verbal noun الْمَصْدَر					مُخَافَتَة muḵāfata
active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل					مُخَافِت muḵāfit
passive participle اِسْم الْمَفْعُول					مُخَافَت muḵāfat
active voice الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم
		singular الْمُفْرَد			dual الْمُثَنَّى		plural الْجَمْع
		1^st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2^nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3^rd person الْغَائِب	2^nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3^rd person الْغَائِب	1^st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2^nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3^rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	خَافَتُّ ḵāfattu	خَافَتَّ ḵāfatta	خَافَتَ ḵāfata	خَافَتُّمَا ḵāfattumā	خَافَتَا ḵāfatā	خَافَتْنَا ḵāfatnā	خَافَتُّمْ ḵāfattum	خَافَتُوا ḵāfatū
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	f	خَافَتُّ ḵāfattu	خَافَتِّ ḵāfatti	خَافَتَتْ ḵāfatat	خَافَتُّمَا ḵāfattumā	خَافَتَتَا ḵāfatatā	خَافَتْنَا ḵāfatnā	خَافَتُّنَّ ḵāfattunna	خَافَتْنَ ḵāfatna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أُخَافِتُ ʔuḵāfitu	تُخَافِتُ tuḵāfitu	يُخَافِتُ yuḵāfitu	تُخَافِتَانِ tuḵāfitāni	يُخَافِتَانِ yuḵāfitāni	نُخَافِتُ nuḵāfitu	تُخَافِتُونَ tuḵāfitūna	يُخَافِتُونَ yuḵāfitūna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	f	أُخَافِتُ ʔuḵāfitu	تُخَافِتِينَ tuḵāfitīna	تُخَافِتُ tuḵāfitu	تُخَافِتَانِ tuḵāfitāni	تُخَافِتَانِ tuḵāfitāni	نُخَافِتُ nuḵāfitu	تُخَافِتْنَ tuḵāfitna	يُخَافِتْنَ yuḵāfitna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أُخَافِتَ ʔuḵāfita	تُخَافِتَ tuḵāfita	يُخَافِتَ yuḵāfita	تُخَافِتَا tuḵāfitā	يُخَافِتَا yuḵāfitā	نُخَافِتَ nuḵāfita	تُخَافِتُوا tuḵāfitū	يُخَافِتُوا yuḵāfitū
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	f	أُخَافِتَ ʔuḵāfita	تُخَافِتِي tuḵāfitī	تُخَافِتَ tuḵāfita	تُخَافِتَا tuḵāfitā	تُخَافِتَا tuḵāfitā	نُخَافِتَ nuḵāfita	تُخَافِتْنَ tuḵāfitna	يُخَافِتْنَ yuḵāfitna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أُخَافِتْ ʔuḵāfit	تُخَافِتْ tuḵāfit	يُخَافِتْ yuḵāfit	تُخَافِتَا tuḵāfitā	يُخَافِتَا yuḵāfitā	نُخَافِتْ nuḵāfit	تُخَافِتُوا tuḵāfitū	يُخَافِتُوا yuḵāfitū
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	f	أُخَافِتْ ʔuḵāfit	تُخَافِتِي tuḵāfitī	تُخَافِتْ tuḵāfit	تُخَافِتَا tuḵāfitā	تُخَافِتَا tuḵāfitā	نُخَافِتْ nuḵāfit	تُخَافِتْنَ tuḵāfitna	يُخَافِتْنَ yuḵāfitna
imperative الْأَمْر	m		خَافِتْ ḵāfit		خَافِتَا ḵāfitā			خَافِتُوا ḵāfitū
imperative الْأَمْر	f		خَافِتِي ḵāfitī		خَافِتَا ḵāfitā			خَافِتْنَ ḵāfitna

passive voice الْفِعْل الْمَجْهُول
		singular الْمُفْرَد			dual الْمُثَنَّى		plural الْجَمْع
		1^st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2^nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3^rd person الْغَائِب	2^nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3^rd person الْغَائِب	1^st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2^nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3^rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	—	—	خُوفِتَ ḵūfita	—	—	—	—	—
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	f	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	—	—	يُخَافَتُ yuḵāfatu	—	—	—	—	—
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	f	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	—	—	يُخَافَتَ yuḵāfata	—	—	—	—	—
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	f	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	—	—	يُخَافَتْ yuḵāfat	—	—	—	—	—
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	f	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Etymology 2

Derived from the active participle of خَفَتَ (ḵafata, “to die out, to lessen”).

Adjective

خَافِت • (ḵāfit)

faint, dim, soft, low, subdued
soft, low (sound, voice)
Synonym: مُنْخَفِض (munḵafiḍ)

Declension

Declension of adjective **خَافِت** (ḵāfit)
singular	masculine		feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	خَافِت ḵāfit	الْخَافِت al-ḵāfit	خَافِتَة ḵāfita	الْخَافِتَة al-ḵāfita
nominative	خَافِتٌ ḵāfitun	الْخَافِتُ al-ḵāfitu	خَافِتَةٌ ḵāfitatun	الْخَافِتَةُ al-ḵāfitatu
accusative	خَافِتًا ḵāfitan	الْخَافِتَ al-ḵāfita	خَافِتَةً ḵāfitatan	الْخَافِتَةَ al-ḵāfitata
genitive	خَافِتٍ ḵāfitin	الْخَافِتِ al-ḵāfiti	خَافِتَةٍ ḵāfitatin	الْخَافِتَةِ al-ḵāfitati
dual	masculine		feminine
dual	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	خَافِتَيْن ḵāfitayn	الْخَافِتَيْن al-ḵāfitayn	خَافِتَتَيْن ḵāfitatayn	الْخَافِتَتَيْن al-ḵāfitatayn
nominative	خَافِتَانِ ḵāfitāni	الْخَافِتَانِ al-ḵāfitāni	خَافِتَتَانِ ḵāfitatāni	الْخَافِتَتَانِ al-ḵāfitatāni
accusative	خَافِتَيْنِ ḵāfitayni	الْخَافِتَيْنِ al-ḵāfitayni	خَافِتَتَيْنِ ḵāfitatayni	الْخَافِتَتَيْنِ al-ḵāfitatayni
genitive	خَافِتَيْنِ ḵāfitayni	الْخَافِتَيْنِ al-ḵāfitayni	خَافِتَتَيْنِ ḵāfitatayni	الْخَافِتَتَيْنِ al-ḵāfitatayni
plural	masculine		feminine
	plural unknown		sound feminine plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	?	?	خَافِتَات ḵāfitāt	الْخَافِتَات al-ḵāfitāt
nominative	?	?	خَافِتَاتٌ ḵāfitātun	الْخَافِتَاتُ al-ḵāfitātu
accusative	?	?	خَافِتَاتٍ ḵāfitātin	الْخَافِتَاتِ al-ḵāfitāti
genitive	?	?	خَافِتَاتٍ ḵāfitātin	الْخَافِتَاتِ al-ḵāfitāti

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

خَافَتْ • (ḵāfat) (form I) /xaː.fat/

third-person feminine singular past active of خَافَ (ḵāfa)

References

“خافت” in Almaany
Baalbaki, Rohi (1995), “خافت”, in Al-Mawrid: A Modern Arabic-English Dictionary, 7th edition, Beirut: Dar El-Ilm Lilmalayin, →ISBN