Lane's Lexicon (Edward Lane, 1863)

1 خَظِىَ لَحْمُهُ خظي لحمه خظي لحمة : see 1 in art. خظو.

4 أَخْظَىَ see 4 in art. خظو.

خَظٍ بَظٍ خظ بظ , and خَظِيَةٌ بَظِيَةٌ: see خَاظٍ, in art. خظو.

1 خَفَّ خف , aor. خَفِ3َ , inf. n. خِفَّةٌ (JK, S, Msb, K, &c.) and خَفٌّ (Msb, K) and خَفَّةٌ and تَخَوُّفٌ, but this last belongs to art. خوف, (K,) contr. of ثَقُلَ [both properly and tropically]; (Msb;) properly, (TA,) It (a thing, S, Msb) was, or became, خَفِيف [i. e. light ] (JK, S, Msb, K, TA) of weight, (JK,) in body, or material substance. (TA.) Hence the saying of 'Atà, in a trad., خِفُّوا عَلَى الأَرْضِ, meaning [ Be ye, or bear ye, lightly upon the ground ] in prostration: (A'Obeyd, TA:) or, as some relate it, ↓ خَفِّفُوا: i. e. prostrate yourselves [ lightly upon the ground; ] not heavily, so as to make marks, or impressions, upon your foreheads: and in another trad. it is said, ↓ اـِذَا سَجَدْتَ فَتَخَافَّ When thou prostratest thyself, put thy forehead upon the ground lightly: but A 'Obeyd says that some say فَتُجَافِ, [i. e. فَتُجَافِ عَضُدَيْكَ عَنْ جَنْبَيْكَ,] with ج. (TA [See 3 in art. جفو.]) [Hence also,] خَفَّ المِيزَانُ The balance had one of its two scales light, so that it rose. (TA.) ― -b2- [Used tropically, it means (assumed tropical:) It, or he, was, or became, light in estimation, lightly esteemed, or of little account. ] ― -b3- And (tropical:) He was, or became, خَفِيف [i. e. light as meaning active, agile, &c.,] in work: (TA:) he was, or became, brisk, lively, sprightly, active, agile, prompt, and quick; syn. نَشِطَ. (Msb and TA in art. نشط.) You say, خَفَّ فِى عَمَلِهِ وَخِدْمَتِهِ (tropical:) He was, or became, [ brisk, &c., or] obedient and submissive, in his work and his service: (TA:) and خَفَّ لَهُ فِى الخِدْمَةِ (tropical:) [ He was, or became, brisk, &c., to him in service ], aor. يَخِفُّ, inf. n. خِفَّةٌ: (S:) and in like manner, خَفَّ لِفُلَانٍ (tropical:) He was, or became, [ promptly ] obedient and submissive, to such a one. (TA.) [Hence,] خَفَفْتُ اـِلَى فُلَانٍ (assumed tropical:) [ I was, or became, brisk, lively, or sprightly, in behaviour to such a one ]. (S in art. هش.) And خَفَّتِ الأُنْثَى لِلْفَحْلِ (tropical:) The female was, or became, submissive to the male. (A, TA.) And خَفَّتِ الأُتُنُ لِعَيْرِهَا (tropical:) The she-asses obeyed their he-ass. (K, TA.) And خُفَّ اـِلَى العَدُوِّ, inf. n. خُفُوفٌ, (assumed tropical:) He hastened to the enemy. (Msb.) And خَفَّ القَوْمُ عَنْ وَطَنِهِمْ, (K, * TA,) inf. n. خُفُوفٌ, (TA,) (tropical:) The people, or party, removed, or departed, or journeyed, quickly from their home: or, as some say, simply removed, or departed, or journeyed, from it. (TA.) ― -b4- (tropical:) He was, or became, خَفِيف [or light ] in intellect, or understanding: (TA:) [and in conduct, or behaviour: generally meaning] (assumed tropical:) he was, or became, light, inconstant, unsteady, irresolute, or fickle; or light of intellect; lightwitted; syn. طَاشَ: (Msb:) the inf. n. of the verb in this sense is خِفَّةٌ. (Msb and K &c. in art. طيش, and TA in the present art.) [But sometimes, when relating to the intellect, or understanding, it means, (assumed tropical:) He was, or became, quick, acute, or sharp; and clever, or ingenious: see خَفِيفٌ.] And you say of him whose hearing is good, فِى أُذُنِهِ خِفَّةٌ (tropical:) [ In his ear is quickness, acuteness, or sharpness, of hearing ]. (TA in art. ثقل.) ― -b5- [(assumed tropical:) He was, or became, flurried, agitated, or excited, by reason of fear, and by anger, or the like: see 10. ― -b6- (assumed tropical:) He was, or became, lighthearted, or cheerful; one whose company, or converse, was acceptable and cheering. ] You say, خَفَّ فُلَانٌ عَلَى المَلِكِ (assumed tropical:) Such a one was, or became, acceptable and cheering to the king. (TA.) ― -b7- [(assumed tropical:) It (an action, or an affair, and a case, or the like,) was, or became, light, or easy: and it become alleviated. ] You say, خَفَّتْ عَلَيْهِ الحَرَكَةُ (assumed tropical:) [ Motion, or moving, was, or became, easy to him ]; opposed to ثَقُلَتْ. (TA.) And خَفَّتْ حَالُهُ: see 4. ― -b8- [(assumed tropical:) It (a word) was light, or easy, of utterance: and in like manner said of a sound, (assumed tropical:) it was, or became, light to the ear; or slight. ― -b9- (assumed tropical:) It (food) was, or became, light to the stomach; easy of digestion. ― -b10- Said of the hair of the head, and of the beard, (assumed tropical:) It was, or became, light, thin, or scanty. ] ― -b11- Said of a people, or company of men, (قَوْمٌ,) inf. n. خُفُوفٌ, it means قَلُّوا وَقَدْ خَفَّتْ زَحْمَتُهُمْ [i. e. (assumed tropical:) They became few in number, their crowding having diminished ]. (S.) ― -b12- Said of rain, [&c.,] (assumed tropical:) It diminished; decreased; or was, or became, [ light, or] deficient. (TA.) ― -b13- [Said of a blow, a disease, an affection of the mind, &c., It was, or became, light, slight, or inconsiderable. ] ― -b14- خَفَّتْ مَنَازِلُهُمْ مِنْهُمْ وَمَضَوْا (assumed tropical:) [means Their abodes became clear of them, and they went away ]. (K * and TA in art. شول.)

2 خفّفهُ خفف خففه خففة He made it, or rendered it, خَفِيف [i. e. light, both properly and tropically: the tropical significations are shown by the preceding paragraph, and by explanations of خَفِيفٌ; and some by what here follows]: (Msb:) تَخْفِيفٌ is the contr. of تَثْقِيلٌ. (S, K.) ― -b2- Hence, in the Kur [ii. 174], ذٰلِكَ تَخْفِيفٌ مِنْ رَبِّكُمْ (assumed tropical:) [ That is an alleviation from your Lord ]. (TA.) Hence also, in a trad. [respecting the estimates to be made by the collectors of the poor-rate], خَفِّفُوا الخَرْصَ (assumed tropical:) [ Make ye the conjectural computation of the quantity of the fruit upon palm-trees &c. light to the owners, or moderate; ] go not to the utmost length in the خرص. (TA.) [And خفّف عَنْهُ (assumed tropical:) He made light, or alleviated, his burden, suffering, distress, uneasiness, or the like, by removing from him somewhat thereof; he alleviated him; he relieved him: see Kur iv. 32 and viii. 67 &c.] And خَفِّفُوا عَلَى الأَرْضِ: see 1; second sentence. [And خفّف فِى عَمَلِهِ (assumed tropical:) He relaxed, or remitted, in his work. ] ― -b3- [تَخْفِيفٌ also signifies (assumed tropical:) The making a word light, or easy, of utterance, by the suppression of hemzeh, or by its conversion into ا or ى or تَثْقِيلٌ; opposed to تَحْقِيقٌ and تَحْقِيقٌ: and by making a double consonant single; opposed to تَثْقِيلٌ and تَشْدِيدٌ: and by making a movent consonant quiescent; opposed to تَثْقِيلٌ and تَحْرِيكٌ: each of these changes in a word is said to be لِلتَّخْفِيفِ for the purpose of alleviating the utterance. Also, in like manner, (assumed tropical:) The making a sound light to the ear, or slight; opposed to تَثْقِيلٌ. And (assumed tropical:) The suppressing of hemzeh; opposed to تَحْقِيقٌ.]

4 احفّ احف أحف حاف حف حفي He made an arrow light, by scraping or paring it. (L in art. حوذ.) ― -b2- See also 10. -A2- He was, or became, unburdened, or unencumbered, or without anything that burdened him heavily: (Msb:) or he was, or became, little burdened or encumbered, in journeying, (JK, TA,) or in his residence at home. (TA.) ― -b2- And i. q. حَالُهُ ↓ خَفَّتْ [i. e. (tropical:) His state, or condition, was, or became, light, little encumbered, easy, or alleviated: or it was, or became, that of one having a small family to maintain: or that of having little property: or that of having little property and a small family to maintain ]: (JK, S, K, TA: [see حَالٌ:]) and, as some add, رَقَّتْ [i. e., (assumed tropical:) it was, or became, narrow in its circumstances, or evil: it is used in contr. senses: though رَقَّتْ seems to be here intended as explanatory of خَفَّتْ]. (TA.) ― -b3- اخفّ القَوْمُ (assumed tropical:) The people's beasts were, or became, خِفَاف [i. e. light as meaning active, agile, or brisk ]: (AZ, S:) or the people had such beasts. (K.)

5 تخفّف تخفف خف خفف [ He lightened his clothing; or clad himself lightly: but for this I know no other authority than modern usage]. ― -b2- تخفّف مِنْهُ: see 10. -A2- Also He put on, or wore, a خُفّ [i. e. boot ], or خِفَاف [i. e. boots ]: (K, accord. to different copies:) or تخفّف بِالخُفِّ, (JK,) or تخفّف الخُفَّ, (TA,) he put on, or wore, the خُفّ (JK, TA) on the foot. (TA.)

6 تخافّ أخاف تخاف خاف He pressed, or bore, lightly [upon a thing]; contr. of تثاقل. (K, * TA.) Hence the saying, in a trad., اـِذَا سَجَدْتَ فَتَخَافَّ explained above: see 1, second sentence. (TA.)

10 استخفّهُ أستخفه استخفه استخفة ٱستخف ٱستخفى ٱستخفه contr. of اِسْتَثْقَلَهُ; (S, K, TA;) He deemed it, or him, خَفِيف [i. e. light, properly and tropically]. (TA.) He found it light, or easy, to carry, (Bd in xvi. 82, and TA,) and to remove. (Bd ibid.) ― -b2- استخفّ بِهِ (assumed tropical:) He held him, or it, (namely, a man's right, or due, or just claim, Msb, TA,) in light, or little, estimation or account, or in contempt; he contemned, or despised, him, or it. (S, Msb, TA.) ― -b3- استخفّ الهَمْزَةَ (assumed tropical:) [ He deemed the hemzeh light, or easy, of utterance ]. (TA.) ― -b4- استخفّهُ also signifies (assumed tropical:) He demanded, or desired, his خِفَّة [i. e. briskness, or promptness ]; as also مِنْهُ ↓ تَخَفَّفَ: (TA:) and (assumed tropical:) it (a thing) incited him, or excited him, to briskness, liveliness, or sprightliness; syn. اِسْتَهَشَّهُ; (JK and K and TA in art. هش;) and أَطْرَبَهُ: (Har p. 139:) and (assumed tropical:) he incited him, or excited him, to lightness, levity, or unsteadiness, so as to induce him to follow him in his error: (TA:) [and simply] (tropical:) he excited him to lightness, levity, or unsteadiness; (Ksh and Bd and Jel in the Kur xxx. last verse;) flurried him, or disquieted him: (Ksh and Bd ibid.:) and (tropical:) it flurried him, so that he became unsteady; said of impatience; and of a lively emotion of the heart or mind; (TA;) and of fear; (MA;) and of anger: (T in art. حمل:) and ↓ اخفّهُ (assumed tropical:) he angered him, (TA,) and deprived him of his forbearance, moderation, patience, staidness, or calmness, and incited him, or excited him, to levity, or unsteadiness. (K, * TA.) فَا@سْتَخَفَّ قَوْمَهُ, in the Kur xliii. 54, means (assumed tropical:) And he demanded, or desired, of his people, briskness, or promptness, in obeying him: or فاستخفّ أَحْلَامَهُمْ [ and he held in light estimation their qualities of forbearance, moderation, patience, or staidness ]: (Bd:) or he incited, or excited, his people to be promptly obedient and submissive (أَنْ يَخِفُّوا) to him and to that which he desired of them; like اِسْتَفَزَّ: (Ksh:) or he incited, or excited, his people to levity, or unsteadiness, (الخِفَّة,) and ignorance, foolishness, or wrong conduct. (Msb.) And you say, استخفّ فُلَانًا عَنْ رَأْيِهِ (assumed tropical:) He incited, or excited, such a one to ignorance, foolishness, or wrong conduct, and levity, or unsteadiness, so as to make him swerve from his right sentiment, opinion, or judgment; (Az, K, TA;) as also استفزّهُ عن رأيه. (Az, TA.)

خُفٌّ خف A boot; (KL, PS, &c.;) a certain thing that is worn (JK, S, Msb, K, TA) upon the foot: (TA:) pl. خِفَافٌ (S, L, Msb, K) and أَخْفَافٌ [which is a pl. of pauc.]. (L, TA.) Hence, رَجَعَ بِخُفَّىْ حُنَيْنٍ [ He returned with the two boots of Honeyn ]; a saying which originated thus: (A 'Obeyd, TA:) an Arab of the desert bargained with Honeyn the اـِسْكَاف [or maker of shoes and boots], (K,) who was of the people of El-Heereh, (TA,) for a pair of boots, until he angered him, (K,) and Honeyn desired to anger the Arab: (TA:) so when the Arab of the desert departed, Honeyn took one of his two boots and threw it down in the way, and then he threw down the other in another place; and when the Arab passed by one of them, he said, “ How like is this to the boot of Honeyn ! and if the other were with it, I would take it: ” and he went on: and when he came to the other, he repented of having left the former: and Honeyn had lain in wait for him: therefore when the Arab went away in search of the former [boot], Honeyn betook himself to the camel that he rode, and what was upon it, and went away therewith; and the Arab came, having with him nothing but a pair of boots; and it was said, (K,) i. e. his people said to him, (TA,) “ What hast thou brought from thy journey? ” and he answered, جِئْتُكُمْ بِخُفَّىْ حُنَيْنٍ [“ I have brought you the two boots of Honeyn ”]: and this became a prov., applied on the occasion of one's despairing of an object of want, and returning disappointed: (K:) thus the case is related by A 'Obeyd, and by most others after him. (TA.) Accord. to ISk, Honeyn was a strong man, who asserted his relationship to Asad Ibn-Háshim Ibn-'Abd-Menáf, and came to 'Abd-El-Muttalib, wearing a pair of red boots, [formerly distinctive of kings and men of high rank,] and said, “ O my paternal uncle, I am the son of Asad the son of Háshim the son of 'Abd-Menáf: ” but 'Abd-El-Muttalib said, “ No, by the garments of my father Háshim, I know not in thee the natural qualities of Háshim; therefore return thou: ” so he returned: and it was said, رَجَعَ حُنَيْنٌ بِخُفَّيْهِ [ Honeyn returned with his pair of boots ]. (O, K, &c.) As to the saying of the rájiz, يَحْمِلُ فِى سَحْقٍ مِنَ الخِفَافِ تَوَادِيًا سُوِّينَ مِنْ خِلَافِ he means thereby [ He carries, in ] a pastor's bag (كِنْف) made of the leg of a خُفّ [or boot, wooden implements to be tied upon the dugs of she-camels, made of different trees ]. (S. See خِلَافٌ.) ― -b2- The foot (KL, PS) of the camel; (S, Msb, KL, PS;) the whole (مَجْمَع) of the فِرْسِن of the camel; (JK, K, TA;) of the male and of the female; corresponding to the حَافِر [or hoof ] of the horse: (TA:) and sometimes of the ostrich, (K,) because resembling that of the camel: (TA:) but of no other than these two: (K:) of the masc. gender; whereas فِرْسِنٌ [its syn.] is fem.: (TA:) pl. أَخْفَافٌ. (S, Msb, K.) ― -b3- [And hence, by a synecdoche, for ذَوَاتُ خُفٍّ,] (tropical:) Camels; coupled with حَافِرٌ as meaning horses, [and sometimes asses or mules], (Mgh, TA, *) and ظِلْفٌ [as meaning sheep or goats or other cloven-hoofed beasts]. (TA.) You say, مَالَهُ خُفٌّ وَلَاحَافِرٌ وَلَا ظِلْفٌ (tropical:) [meaning He possesses not camels, nor horses or asses or mules, nor sheep or goats or other cloven-hoofed beasts ]. (TA.) You say also, جَاآءَتِ الاـِبِلُ عَلَىخُفٍّ وَاحِدٍ, meaning (tropical:) The camels came following one another, the head of each [ except the first ] being at the tail of the next [ before it ], whether tied together in a file or not. (L.) ― -b4- An aged camel: (K:) [and a weak camel: ] or, as some say, a bulky camel: pl. أَخْفَافٌ. (TA.) It is said in a trad., يُحْمَى مِنَ الأَراَكِ مَا لَمْ تَنَلْهُ أَخْفَافُ الاـِبِلِ [ Of the trees called اراك, what the aged and weak of camels cannot reach may be prohibited ]: i. e. what is near, thereof, to the place of pasturage is not to be prohibited, but is to be left for the aged and weak camels, that cannot go far in search of pasture: (As, O, Msb:) or what camels cannot reach (Msb, TA) by means of their اخفاف, (Msb,) by walking thereto, (TA,) may be prohibited: (Msb, TA:) or it means, what camels cannot reach with their heads may be prohibited [to be shaken or beaten off for them]. (Mgh.) ― -b5- (tropical:) The sole, or part that touches the ground, of the foot of a man. (M, K, TA.) ― -b6- (tropical:) A tract of ground (S, A, O, L) more rugged, (S, O, L,) or longer, (A,) than such as is termed نَعْلٌ: (S, A, O, L:) or a rugged piece of ground. (K.)

خِفٌّ خف : see خَفِيفٌ, in four places. -A2- Also A company consisting of few persons. (S, K.) You say, خَرَجَ فُلَانٌ فِى خِفٍّ مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ Such a one went forth among a company consisting of few persons of his companions. (S.)

خِفَّةٌ خف خفه خفة an inf. n. of 1 [in almost all of its senses, proper and tropical; and much used as a simple subst., signifying Lightness: (assumed tropical:) levity: &c.]. (JK, S, Msb, K, &c.)

خُفَافٌ خف خفاف خفيف : see what next follows, in four places.

خَفِيفٌ خفيف a part. n. of 1 [in all its senses, proper and tropical, signifying Light: &c.]: (JK, S, * Msb, K, * TA:) as also ↓ خِفٌّ [in the proper sense] (JK, * S, * Msb, K, * TA) and ↓ خُفَافٌ: (S, * K, * TA:) the first is applied to a thing; as also ↓ the second, (Msb,) which signifies anything light to carry, (TA,) [as also the first;] and light in weight but heavy in price, not incommoding the bearer: (Har p. 139:) and the first and ↓ third are also applied to a man: (S, TA:) but, as some say, the first means [ light ] in body [as well as in tropical senses]; and ↓ the third, (assumed tropical:) [ light ] in [ the sense of possessing ] quickness or acuteness or sharpness, and cleverness or ingeniousness: and [in like manner] خَفِيفُ القَلْبِ signifies (assumed tropical:) quick, acute, or sharp, in intellect; and خَفِيفُ الرُّوحِ, the same; or clever, or ingenious: the pl. of the first is خِفَافٌ and أَخْفَافٌ and أَخِفَّاآءُ; the first of which three pls. is also pl. of ↓ خُفَافٌ: and hence, in the Kur [ix. 41], اِنْفِرُوا خِفَافًا وَثِقَالًا [explained in art. ثقل]. (TA.) ↓ خِفٌّ is also applied to a boy, (S, TA,) meaning Light to carry; (TA;) as in the saying of Imra-el-Keys, يَزِلُّ الغُلَامُ الخِفُّ عَنْ صَهَوَاتِهِ [ The boy that is light to carry slips from the parts of his (the horse's) back whereon the rider sits ]: (S: so in my copies:) or يُزِلُّ الغُلَامَ الخِفَّ [ he makes the boy that is light to carry to slip ]: and [it is said that] it means also (assumed tropical:) the hardy, strong, or sturdy, boy. (TA.) And خَفِيفٌ signifies also Little burdened or encumbered in journeying, or in residence at home; like ↓ خِفٌّ and ↓ مُخِفٌّ. (TA.) [Hence,] رَجُلٌ خَفِيفُ ذَاتِ اليَدِ (assumed tropical:) A poor man. (TA.) ― -b2- [(assumed tropical:) Brisk, lively, sprightly, active, agile, prompt, and quick. Hence,] خَفِيفٌ اـِلَى الخَيْرِ [(assumed tropical:) Prompt, or quick, to do good ]. (TA in art. هش.) ― -b3- [(assumed tropical:) Light, or easy, of utterance: and (assumed tropical:) light to the ear; light in sound. Hence,] النُّونُ الخَفِيفَةُ [(assumed tropical:) The lightsounding ن; as in يَفْعَلَنْ &c.]; contr. of الثَّقِيلَةُ: and also applied to the tenween. (TA.) ― -b4- [(assumed tropical:) Light, thin, or scanty; applied to the hair of the head &c. Hence,] هُوَ خَفِيفُ العَارِضَيْنِ [(assumed tropical:) He is light, thin, or scanty, ] in the hair of the two sides of the cheeks, (S and O and Msb in art. عرض,) and of the beard. (O in that art.) ― -b5- الخَفِيفُ A certain kind of metre of verse; [namely, the eleventh; ] the measure of which consists of فَاعِلَاتُنْ مُسْتَفْعِلُنْ فَاعِلَاتُنْ [ in each hemistich ]. (K [in which is added “ six times, ” a mistake for “ six feet ”].)

خَفَّافُ خف خفاف خفيف [ A maker, or seller, of boots (خِفَافٌ, pl. of خُفٌّ).] (TA.)

مُخِفٌّ مخف : see خَفِيفٌُ.

[ العَوْرَةُ المُخَفَّفَةُ العورة المخففه العورة المخففة (assumed tropical:) The part, or parts, of the person which it is improper, but not grossly indecent, to expose: so in the law-books: see art. عور.]

1 خَفَتَ خاف خف خفى خفت خفتت , (S, A, Msb, K,) aor. خَفِتَ , (Msb,) inf. n. خُفُوتٌ (S, A, K) and خَفْتٌ (Msb, TA) and خُفَاتٌ, (TA,) It (the voice, S, A, Msb) was, or became, still, (S, K,) or silent; (A;) was, or became, low, (Msb,) or soft, or gentle, or slender; and became weak, by reason of vehement hunger. (TA.) ― -b2- Hence, said of a dying man, He ceased speaking; (S;) he was, or became, silent; (S, A, K;) he spoke not. (A.) ― -b3- And [hence,] خَفَتَ, (A, TA,) inf. n. خُفُوتٌ. (assumed tropical:) He died: (A, TA:) and خَفَتَ, inf. n. خُفَاتٌ, (tropical:) he died suddenly; (AA, S, K, TA;) as also مَاتَ خُفَاتًا. (A.) And the latter, i. e. خَفَتَ inf. n. خُفَاتٌ, accord. to AM, (assumed tropical:) He was, or became, weak, and abject, or abased. (TA.) ― -b4- خَفْتٌ also signifies The speaking with a suppressed voice; and so ↓ تَخَافُتٌ, (S, K, TA,) and ↓ مُخَافَتَةٌ. (K, TA.) And you say, خَفَتَ بِصَوْتِهِ, (Msb,) and بِهِ ↓ خافت, (TA,) He lowered his voice; spoke with a low voice. (Msb, TA.) And خَفَتَ بِقِرَاآءَتِهِ; (TA;) and بِهَا ↓ خافت, (A, Msb,) inf. n. مُخَافَتَةٌ; (Msb;) and ↓ قَرَأَمُخَافَتَةً; (TA;) He lowered his voice in his reading or reciting; read, or recited, with a low voice: (A, Msb, TA:) or the second of these signifies he read, or recited, indistinctly, not with raised voice. (Lth, TA.) ― -b5- خَفَتَ, said of seed-produce, (assumed tropical:) It was, or became, such as is termed خَافِتٌ [explained below]. (Msb.)

2 خفّت خاف خف خفى خفت خفتت [app. It silenced, or killed: said of a smiting with a sword or the like: see فَوَّارٌ]. (TA.)

3 خافت خاف خافت خافتت , inf. n. مُخَافَتَةٌ: see 1, in four places. ― -b2- [Hence,] الاـِبِلُ تُخَافِتُ المَضْغَ The camels ruminate. (TA.)

4 اخفتت أخفت أخفتت اخفتت She (a camel) brought forth on the day [ of the year ] in which she was impregnated [or just a year after she was covered ]. (K.)

6 تخافتوا تخافتوا خافت They consulted together secretly. (TA.) See also 1. ― -b2- And تخافت (assumed tropical:) He feigned, or made a false show of, weakness and stillness. (TA.)

خَفْتٌ خاف خف خفى خفت خفتت (S) and ↓ خُفَاتٌ, (A,) applied to speech, (S, A,) Uttered with a low, or suppressed, voice. (S, * A.) [See also خَافِتٌ.] -A2- The former is also syn. with خَبْتٌ [ A low, or depressed, tract of ground: &c.]. (K. [So accord. to my MS. copy of the K, and accord. to the TA: but in the CK this signification is omitted; for instead of والخَبْتُ وَبِالضَّمِّ السَّذَابُ, we find وَالخَفْتُ بِالفَتْحِ وَبِالضَّمِّ السَّذَابُ, meaning that حَفْتٌ and خُفْتٌ signify the same as سَذَابٌ.])

خُفْتٌ خاف خف خفى خفت خفتت [and accord. to the CK خَفْتٌ, but this is app. a mistake, (see what next precedes,)] i. q. سَذَابٌ [i. e. Rue ]; (K;) as also خُتْفٌ. (T, TA.)

خُفَاتٌ خفات [an inf. n. of 1, q. v. ― -b2- And also used as an epithet; for ذُو خُفَاتٍ]: see خَفْتٌ. ― -b3- Also Weak hearing. (TA, from a trad.) ― -b4- لَسْتُ خُفَاتًا [ I am not weak, and abject, or abased ]. (T, from a verse of El-Jaadee.)

خَفُوتٌ خفوت (tropical:) A lean, or an emaciated, woman: (Lh, K:) or a woman who is scarcely seen distinctly, by reason of leanness, or emaciation: (TA:) or a woman who is deemed goodly, or beautiful, (K,) whom the eye regards as worthy of notice, (A, TA,) as long as she is alone, not when she is among other women. (A, K, TA.) You say اِمْرَأَةٌ خَفْوتٌ لَفُوتٌ: (Lth, A, TA:) لفوت meaning wont to calumniate, or slander. (A.) But AM says, I have not heard خفوت as an epithet applied to a woman on any authority but that of Lth. (TA.)

خَفِيتٌ خفى خفي خفيت : see what follows, in two places.

خَافِتٌ خاف خافت خافتت A voice becoming still, or silent; or low, or suppressed; as also ↓ خَفِيتٌ. (A.) You say ↓ صَوْتٌ خَفِيضٌ خَفِيتٌ. (TA.) ― -b2- One whose voice is still, or silent, by reason of his weakness. (Har p. 76.) Applied to a dying man, Ceasing to speak; silent. (S.) ― -b3- سَحَابٌ خَافِتٌ Clouds in which is no water. (Aboo-Sa'eed, K.) A cloud like these does not move from its place: only that which contains water travels along: that which sends forth a slightly-flashing lightning scarcely ever, or never, does so. (Aboo-Sa'eed.) ― -b4- زَرْعٌ خَافِتٌ (tropical:) Dying, or dead, seedproduce: (A:) or seed-produce that has not grown tall: (Msb, * K, TA:) or that has not attained the full height. (TA.) The weak believer is likened, in a trad., to خَافِتُ الزَّرْعِ, (A, TA,) which at one time inclines, and at another time stands straight; accord. to A 'Obeyd, خافت meaning what is fresh, or juicy, and soft, or tender: or, accord. to one reading, to خَافِتَةُ الزَّرْعِ, meaning fresh, or juicy, seed-produce, that is soft, or tender, and weak; the ة being added in خافته as though by زرع were meant سُنْبُلَة. (TA.)

1 خَفَرَهُ خفر خفره خفرة , (S, A, Msb, K,) and خَفَرَبِهِ, and خَفَرَعَلَيْهِ, (A, K,) aor. خَفِرَ (S, K) and خَفُرَ , (K,) inf. n. خَفْرٌ; (S, K;) and ↓ خفّرهُ, (As, S, K,) inf. n. تَخْفِيرٌ; (As, S;) and بِهِ ↓ تخفّر; (K;) He protected him; granted him refuge; preserved, saved, rescued, or liberated, him; (S, A, Msb, K;) from him who sought or pursued him. (Msb.) And خَفَرَالقَوْمَ, inf. n. خُفَارَةٌ, He protected the people and became responsible for their safety. (TA.) ― -b2- And خَفَرَهُ He received from him hire for protecting him (K) and being responsible for his safety. (TA.) ― -b3- And خَفَرَ, (TK,) inf. n. خِفَارَةٌ, (K,) He guarded palm-trees from injury: and seed-produce from the birds: syn. of the inf. n. of the verb in the latter sense, شِرَاحَةٌ. (K, TA: in the CK شَرَاجَةٌ, with fet-h to the ش, and with ج in the place of ح.) ― -b4- See also 5. ― -b5- خَفَرَ بِالعَهْدِ, (Mgh, Msb) and بِعَهْدِى, (A,) aor. خَفِرَ (Mgh, Msb) and خَفُرَ , (Msb,) inf. n. خِفَارَةٌ, (Mgh,) He fulfilled the covenant, or engagement, (Mgh, Msb,) and my covenant, or engagement. (A.) ― -b6- See also 4, in two places. -A2- رِيحُهُ تَخْفُرُ شَهْوَةَ النِّسَاآءِ Its odour puts a stop to the carnal desire of women. (R, TA.) -A3- خَفِرَ, (S, Msb,) or خَفِرَتْ, (K,) for most assert that this verb is only used in relation to a woman, and it seems to be seldom, if ever, otherwise used, (MF,) aor. خَفَرَ , (K,) inf. n. خَفَرٌ (S, A, Msb, K) and خَفَارَةٌ, (K, TA,) or the latter is a simple subst; (Msb;) and ↓ تخفّر, (K,) or تخفّرت; (M, L;) He, or she, was bashful; or felt, or had a sense of, or was affected with, shame, shyness, or bashfulness; (Msb, TA;) and was grave, staid, or sedate: (Msb:) or was very bashful; &c. (S, M, A, K.)

2 خَفَّرَ see 1. -A2- تَخْفِيرٌ [its inf. n.] is also syn. with تَشْوِيرٌ [The doing an action of which one should be ashamed ]: (S, and some copies of the K, and so in the CK:) or تَسْوِيرٌ [the act of walling a town]: (so in other copies of the K, and in the TA:) and تَحْصِينٌ [the act of fortifying ]. (TA.)

4 اخفرهُ أخفره اخفره اخفرة خفر He sent, (S, K,) or appointed, (A,) with him a خَفِير [or protector ], (S, A, K,) to defend and guard him. (Abu-l-Jarráh El-'Okeylee, TA.) -A2- He broke, or violated, his covenant, or engagement, with him; (S, A, Msb, K;) the أ having a privative effect; (TA;) he behaved perfidiously, treacherously, or unfaithfully, to him; as also بِهِ ↓ خَفَرَ, (Msb, K,) aor. خَفِرَ , (Msb,) inf. n. خَفْرٌ (K, TA, in the CK خَفَرٌ) and خُفُورٌ: (K, TA:) or خُفُورٌ is an inf. n. syn. with اـِخْفَارٌ as inf. n. of اخفر in the sense above explained, but having no verb, such as خَفَرَ, belonging to it: (TA:) or you say, ذِمَّةُ فُلَانٍ ↓ خَفَرَتْ, inf. n. خُفُورٌ, such a one's compact, covenant, or obligation, by which he had become responsible for the safety, or safe-keeping, of a person or thing, or the like, was unfulfilled: and اخفرهاالرَّجُلُ the man broke, or violated, or failed of performing, it: (Sh, TA:) and اخفرالعَهْدَ he broke, or violated, the covenant, or engagement: (Mgh:) and اخفر alone signifies the same. (IAth.)

5 تَخَفَّرَ see 1, in two places. ― -b2- تَخفّربِهِ also signifies He had recourse to him for refuge, protection, or preservation; sought his protection; asked him to be his خَفِير [or protector ]; (S, A, * K;) and so ↓ خَفَرَهُ; (TA;) [and ↓ استخفرهُ, occurring in the S, in art. قوب:] he protected, or defended, himself by means of him; syn. اِحْتَمَى بِهِ. (Msb.)

10 اـِسْتَخْفَرَ see 5.

خَفَرٌ خفر : see خِفَارَةٌ.

خَفِرٌ خفر , applied to a man; (Msb;) and the same, (K,) without ة, (TA,) and خَفِرَةٌ and ↓ مُتَخَفِّرَةٌ, applied to a female, (S, K,) as also ↓ مِخْفَارٌ, (K,) as a possessive or an intensive epithet; (TA;) Bashful; or feeling, having a sense of, or affected with, shame, shyness, or bashfulness; (Msb, TA;) and grave, staid, or sedate: (Msb:) or very bashful, &c.; (S, K;) as also ↓ خَفِيرٌ applied to a man: (TA, from a trad.:) pl. [of the first, applied to a female, and of the second,] خَفَائِرُ. (K.)

خُفْرَةٌ خفر خفره خفرة (S, A, K) and ↓ خُفَارَةٌ (S, A, Msb, K) [both, in Ham p. 677, said to be inf. ns., but they are rather to be regarded as quasi-inf. ns.,] and ↓ خِفَارَةٌ (S, Msb, K) and ↓ خَفَارَةٌ (K) Protection, refuge, preservation, rescue, or liberation, (S, * A, Msb, K,) from one seeking or pursuing: (Msb:) a compact, a covenant, or an obligation, by which one becomes responsible for the safety, or safe-keeping, of a person or thing; or the like; or simply responsibility, or suretiship; syn. ذِمَّةٌ: (S, TA:) pl. of the first, خُفَرٌ. (TA.) It is said in a trad., مَنْ صَلَّى الصُّبْحَ فَهْوَ فِى خُفْرَةِ ا@للّٰهِ Whoso performeth the prayer of daybreak, he is in the protection of God. (TA.) And in another trad., الدُّمُوعُ خُفَرُ العُيُونِ Tears are the protections of the eyes from Hell-fire when they weep from the fear of God. (TA.) And وَفَتْ, (S, A,) and ↓ خُفَارَتُكَ, (A,) May thy compact, covenant, or obligation, which hath made thee responsible for my safety, be fulfilled, (S,) is said by the object of protection to his protector when he has not as yet preserved him in safety. (A.)

خُفَرَةٌ خفر خفره خفرة : see the next paragraph, in two places.

خَفِيرٌ خفير A protector; one who protects, grants refuge, preserves, saves, rescues, or liberates; (S, A, Msb, K;) from one who seeks or pursues; (Msb;) as also ↓ خُفَرَةٌ: (A, K, TA:) a protector of a people, in whose safeguard they are as long as they remain in his district: (Lth:) pl. خُفَرَاآءُ. (A.) One who guards seed-produce from the birds. (TA.) ― -b2- Oae who is protected, to whom refuge is granted, who is preserved, saved, rescued, or liberated. (K.) The K might be thought to imply that ↓ خُفَرَةٌ is also used in this sense; but it is not. (TA.) ― -b3- See also خَفِرٌ.

خِفَارَةٌ خفاره خفارة (A, Msb, K) and خُفَارَةٌ and خَفَارَةٌ (Msb, K) The hire, or pay, of a خَفِير [or protector ]: (A, Msb, K:) the vulgar say ↓ خَفَرٌ: and some erroneously change the خ into غ. (TA.) ― -b2- See also خُفْرَةٌ, first and last sentences.

خَافُورٌ خافور A certain plant, (As, S, K,) which ants collect in their habitations, (TA,) resembling tares, or darnel, (زُوَان,) (K,) i. e., in form; said to be so called because its odour puts a stop to the carnal desire of women; also called مَرْوٌ and زَغْبَرٌ: so says Suh in the R. (TA.)

مِخْفَارٌ مخفار : see خَفِرٌ

مُتَخَفِّرَةٌ متخفره متخفرة : see خَفِرٌ

1 خَفِشَ ذ , aor. خَفَشَ , inf. n. خَفَشٌ, He had that quality of the eyes, or sight, which is termed خَفَشٌ as this word is explained below. (Msb.) And خَفِشَتْ عَيْنُهُ His eye had that quality. (A.)

خَفَشٌ ذ Smallness of the eye, (S, A, K,) or of the eyes, (Msb,) and weakness in the sight, by nature: (S, A, Msb, K:) or a natural narrowness in the eye: (TA:) and sometimes it is a disease: (S, Msb: *) or a corrupt state in the eyelids, (Kh, A, K,) and redness, which causes the eyes to become narrow, (Kh,) without pain, (Kh, A, K,) and without ulceration: (Kh:) and (so in the S and A and Msb, but in the K “ or ”) nyctalopia; or the seeing by night, (S, A, K,) but not by day: (S, K:) or the seeing by night more than by day: (Msb:) and in a cloudy day, but not in a clear one: (S, A, Msb, K:) and sometimes, (tropical:) the being affected with ophthalmia, or inflammation of the eye with pain and swelling. (Msb.) كَأَنَّهْمْ مِعْزَى حَظِيرَةٍ فِى خَفَشٍ [ As though they were the goats of a pen, in respect of weakness of sight, ] is a prov., applied to him who falls into blindness or perplexity or the darkness of night; because goats are the weakest of the غَنَم in rain and cold: originally said by 'Áïsheh. (TA.)

خُفَّاشٌ ذ The bat; syn. وَطْوَاطٌ; (K;) a certain flying thing; (Msb;) that flies by night: (S:) so called because it can scarcely see by day; (Msb;) or because of the smallness of its eyes and the weakness of its sight (K, TA) by day: (TA:) its brain, if the hollows of the soles of the feet be anointed with it, excites the venereal passion: and if burnt, and used as a collyrium, it removes, or stops, (according to different copies of the K,) whiteness of the eye, (K, TA,) and sharpens the sight: (TA:) its blood, if smeared upon the pubes of one who has nearly attained the age of puberty, prevents the growth of hair; (El-Minháj, K;) as some say; but this is not true: (El-Minháj:) and if the pudendum of her who has difficulty in bringing forth, be rubbed gently with its gall-bladder, she brings forth immediately: (K, * TA:) the pl. is خَفَافِيشُ. (S, K.) [See also خُشَّافٌ.]

أَخْفَشُ ذ One who has that quality of the eyes, or sight, which is termed خَفَشٌ as this word is explained above: (S, A, Msb:) and one who contracts his eyes when he looks: (TA:) and one who has in his eyes white fluid matter, or motes, or the like: (AZ:) fem. خَفْشَاآءُ. (Msb.)

1 خَفَضَهُ خفض خفضه خفضة , [aor. خَفِضَ ,] inf. n. خَفْضٌ, He lowered it; depressed it; namely, a thing; contr. of رَفَعَهُ. (A.) ― -b2- He (God) abased him; (S, Msb;) namely, an unbeliever. (Msb.) You say, اَللّٰهُ يَخْفِضُ مَنْ يَشَاآءُ وَيْرفَعُ (assumed tropical:) God abaseth whom He will, and exalteth.. (S.) ― -b3- خَفَضَ جَنَاحَهُ He (a bird) [ lowered or] relaxed his wing, and contracted it to his side, in order that he might rest, or cease, from his flying. (TA.) ― -b4- And the same phrase, (tropical:) He made himself gentle, easy to deal with, compliant, or obsequious. (TA.) It is said in the Kur [xv. 88], وَا@خْفِضْ خَنَاآحَكَ لِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ (tropical:) And make thyself gentle, &c., to the believers: (Jel, TA:) or be thou condescending to the believers, and treat them with gentleness. (Bd.) And again, in the same [xvii. 25], (TA,) وَا@خْفِضْ لَهُمَا جَنَاحَ الذُّلِّ مِنَ الرَّحْمَةِ (tropical:) And humble, or abase, thou thyself to them both, from compassion: (Bd, K, TA:) or make thyself submissively gentle to them both, from compassion: (Bd, * Jel:) or there is a transposition in the sentence, and the meaning is واخفض لهما جناح الرحمة من الذلّ [ and make thyself compassionately gentle to them both, from submissiveness ]. (O, K.) ― -b5- اـِنَّ ا@للّٰهَ يَخْفِضُ القِسْطَ وَيَرْفَعُهُ, in a trad., means Verily God, at one time, bringeth down to the ground the just, or equitable; and, at another time, exalteth him: (ISh:) or maketh ample [ the means of subsistence &c.] to whom He will, and maketh scanty to whom He will: (Sgh, K:) or maketh little the portion of the means of subsistence which is the share of any created being, and maketh it much. (TA in art. قسط, q. v.). خَفْضُ العَدْلِ وَرَفْعُهُ is also explained as signifying The just's being overcome by the unjust, when men act corruptly, and the just's overcoming the unjust, when they repent, and act righteously. (TA.) [See also art. رفع.] ― -b6- مَازَالَتْ تَخْفِضُنِى أَرْضٌ وَتَرْفَعُنِى أُخْرَى حَتَّى وَصَلْتُ اـِلَيْكُمْ (tropical:) [app. means One land ceased not to make me go a gentle pace, and another to make me go a vehement pace, until I came unto you: for خَفَضَ as relating to pace is probably not only intrans., as it will be seen to be below, but also trans., like its contr. رَفَعَ: or it may mean one land ceased not to make me go down, and another to make me go up, &c.; though its being tropical if having this meaning may be doubted]. (A, TA.) ― -b7- خَفَضَ صَوْتَهُ, (A, Msb,) aor. خَفِضَ , (Msb,) inf. n. خَفْضٌ, (S, Msb, K,) (tropical:) He (a man, Msb) lowered his voice; (S, K;) did not raise his voice; (Msb;) [ contr. of رَفَعَهُ, as is indicated in the A.] ― -b8- [In most of the above-mentioned senses, ↓ خَفَّضَ is nearly; if not exactly, syn. with خَفَضَ.] ― -b9- خَفَضَ الحَرْفَ فِى الاـِعْرَابِ (assumed tropical:) He made the [final] letter to have kesreh, in inflection. (Msb.) خَفْضٌ is syn. with جَرٌّ [q. v.] (S, K) in the inflection of words: (K:) these two terms, in the inflection of words, are like كَسْرٌ in the non-inflection, in the conventional language of the grammarians. (S.) -A2- خَفُضَ عَيْشُهُ, aor. خَفُضَ , [inf. n., app., خَفْضٌ, q. v. infrà,] (assumed tropical:) His life was, or became, easy; free from trouble or inconvenience, and toil or fatigue; tranquil; and plentiful. (JK, K. *) ― -b2- خَفُضَ صَوْتُهَا (assumed tropical:) Her (a woman's) voice was, or became, [ low, soft, ] gentle and easy. (TA.) ― -b3- خَفَضَتْ (assumed tropical:) She (a woman) was, or became, low, soft, or gentle, in voice. (TA.) ― -b4- خَفَضَتِ الاـِبِلُ, [inf. n. خَفْضٌ and مَخْفُوضٌ, like the contr. رَفْعٌ and مَرْفُوعٌ, (see خَفْضٌ below,)] (tropical:) The camels went a gentle pace; (A, TA;) contr. of رَفَعَت. (A.) ― -b5- خَفَضَ بِالمَكَانِ, aor. خَفِضَ , (assumed tropical:) He remained, stayed, or abode, in the place. (K.) [See also خَافِضٌ.] A poet says, [app. using the verb in this sense,] اـِنَّ شَكْلِى وَاـِنَّ شَكْلَكِ شَتَّى فَا@لْزَمِى الخُصَّ وَا@خْفِضِى تَبْيَضِضِّى [ Verily the like of me, and verily the like of thee, are different: therefore keep thou to the booth which is our home, and remain at rest: thou wilt become fair ]: the last word is for تَبْيَضِّى; a ض being added. (S.) ― -b6- خَفَضَ, inf. n. خُفُوضٌ, also signifies (assumed tropical:) He died; said of a man. (TA.) -A3- خَفَضَتِ الجَارِيَةَ, [aor. and inf. n. as below,] She circumcised the girl: [see بَظْرٌ:] (Msb:) خَفَضْتُ الجَارِيَةَ, (S,) or خُفِضَتِ الجَارِيَةُ, (A, K,) is like خَتَنْتُ الغُلَامَ, (S,) or, خُتِنَ الغُلَامُ: (A, K:) the former verb applies only to a girl: (Msb, K:) or you say sometimes, خفَضَ الصَّبِىَّ, aor. خَفِضَ , inf. n. خَفْضٌ, meaning he circumcised the boy. (TA.)

2 خَفَّضَ see 1, in the latter half of the paragraph. ― -b2- خَفِّضْ رَأْسَ البَعِيرِ Draw thou the camel's head towards the ground, that thou mayest mount him. (Lth, K.) ― -b3- خفّضهُ (assumed tropical:) He weakened, and lowered, or abased, his state, and his rank. (TA.) ― -b4- (assumed tropical:) He quieted him, or tranquillized him, and rendered the affair, or case, or state, easy to him. (TA, from a trad.) ― -b5- خَفِّضْ عَلَيْكَ جَاشَكَ (assumed tropical:) Quiet, or calm, thy heart. (TA.) ― -b6- خَفِّضِ القَوْلَ يَا فُلَانُ (tropical:) Make thou thy words (lit. the saying ) gentle, or soft, O such a one: (K, TA:) and خَفِّضْ عَلَيْكَ القَوْلَ [signifies the same]. (S.) ― -b7- خَفِّضْ عَلَيْكَ الأَمْرَ, (S, K, *) or [simply] خَفِّضْ عَلَيْكَ, (A,) (tropical:) Make thou the case, or affair, light, or easy, (S, A, K,) to thyself: (A:) [i. e. regard it lightly: for] خَفِّضِى عَلَيْكِ, occurring in a trad., as said by Aboo-Bekr to 'Áïsheh, means make thou the case, or affair, light, or easy; and do not grieve for it. (TA.) ― -b8- أُصِيبَ بِمَصَائِبَ تَخَفِّضُ المَوْتَ (assumed tropical:) He was smitten by afflictions which brought near to him death, and from which he could not escape. (IAar, L.)

3 رَافَعَنِى وَخَافَضَنِى رافعني وخافضنى رافعني وخافضني : see art. رفع.

5 تَخَفَّضَ see what next follows.