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خجف

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to concepts of flightiness, arrogance, and perhaps a certain type of woman. The derived terms suggest a connection to being light, boastful, and potentially haughty.

Derived headwords

الخَجِيفadjective
  1. 1.
    flighty, arrogantclassical

    A term used as a variant of 'al-jakhif', signifying flightiness, levity, and arrogance.

الجَخِيفnoun
  1. 1.
    flightiness, arroganceclassical

    Represents flightiness, levity, and arrogance.

خَجَافnoun
  1. 1.
    arrogance, prideclassical

    A term referring to arrogance and pride, particularly associated with young men.

خَجِيفadjective
  1. 1.
    arrogant, proudclassical

    Describes a man characterized by arrogance and pride.

الخَجِيفَةnoun
  1. 1.
    slender womanclassical

    Refers to a slender or delicate woman.

الخَجَافnoun
  1. 1.
    slender womenclassical

    The plural form referring to slender or delicate women.

قَذِيفadjective
  1. 1.
    slender, delicateclassical

    Describes someone, particularly a woman, as slender or delicate.

Parallel reading

الخجيف: لغة في الجخيف وهو الطيش والخفة والتكبر.
Al-khajif: a dialectal variant of al-jakhif, which means flightiness, levity, and arrogance.
وغلام خجاف: صاحب تكبر وفخر؛ حكاه يعقوب.
And a boy khajaf: one who possesses arrogance and pride; Ya'qub narrated this.
الليث: الخجيفة المرأة القضيفة، وهن الخجاف.
Al-Layth: Al-khajifah is the slender woman, and they are al-khajaf.
ورجل خجيف: قضيف.
And a man khajif: qadhif.
قال أبو منصور: لم أسمع الخجيف، الخاء قبل الجيم، في شيء من كلام العرب لغير الليث.
Abu Mansur said: I have not heard al-khajif, with the kha before the jim, in any of the speech of the Arabs except from Al-Layth.