خفى

خِفَاآءٌ خفاآء A [ garment of the kind called ] رِدَاآء, which a woman wears over her other clothes: (Lth, JK:) or a [ garment of the kind called ] كِسَاآء: (S, K:) and any covering of a thing, (Lth, JK, *) whatever it be with which one covers a thing, such as a كساء and the like: (Lth:) pl. أَخْفِيَةٌ. (Lth, JK, S, K.) ― -b2- [Hence,] أَخْفِيَةُ النَّوْرِ The calyxes of flowers: (K:) sing. as above. (TA.) ― -b3- And أَخْفِيَةُ الكَرَا [ The coverings of drowsiness; meaning] the eyes. (K.)