الخفض

Root entry · 16 derived lemmas

The root الخفض (al-khafḍ) primarily denotes lowering, reducing, or making something gentle and easy. This encompasses physical lowering, reducing sound or intensity, and metaphorical lowering in status or in religious judgment. It also extends to concepts of ease, comfort, and gentleness in living and in speech.

Derived headwords

خَفَضَverb

1.
to lowerboth
To bring something down to a lower position or level, physically or metaphorically.
2.
to reduceboth
To decrease the intensity, volume, or amount of something.
3.
to live comfortablyclassical
To live a life of ease, comfort, and tranquility.
4.
to make gentleboth
To make something soft, gentle, or easy, such as speech or a pace.

خَفْضٌnoun

1.
easeclassical
A state of comfort, tranquility, and a life free from hardship.
2.
loweringboth
The act or state of being lowered or reduced.
3.
gentlenessboth
The quality of being soft, mild, or gentle, especially in sound or manner.

خَافِضٌadjective

1.
loweringboth
That which lowers or reduces something.
2.
gentleboth
Characterized by softness, mildness, or gentleness.
3.
calmboth
Possessing a dignified and composed demeanor.
4.
lowering (in status)classical
One who humiliates or brings down the arrogant and powerful.

خَفَضَverb

1.
to move slowlyclassical
To travel at a gentle, unhurried pace.

خَفَضَverb

1.
to lower (voice)both
To reduce the volume of one's voice.

خَفَضَverb

1.
to lower (in grammar)classical
To cause a word to be in the genitive case (جرّ) in Arabic grammar.

خَفَضَverb

1.
to resideclassical
To stay or settle in a place.

خَافِضَةnoun

1.
low-lying hillclassical
A small, gently sloping hill or mound.
2.
circumcisionclassical
The act of circumcising a girl.

خَتَنَverb

1.
to circumcise (female)classical
To perform female circumcision.

خَافِضٌadjective

1.
dignifiedclassical
Possessing a calm, dignified, and composed manner, especially when observing something.

خَفَضَverb

1.
to humbleboth
To show humility and submission towards someone.

خَفَضَverb

1.
to reduce (price)both
To lower the price or value of something.

خَفَضَverb

1.
to make easyboth
To make a task or matter less difficult or burdensome.

خَفَضَverb

1.
to lower (animal's head)classical
To lower the head of a camel towards the ground to allow someone to mount.

اِخْتَفَضَverb

1.
to descendboth
To move downwards or to a lower position.
2.
to be circumcisedclassical
To undergo the ritual of circumcision.

مُنْخَفِضٌadjective

1.
lowboth
Situated at a low level or altitude.

Parallel reading

الدعة، وعيش خافض

Tranquility, and a life of ease.

والسير اللين، ضد الرفع

And a gentle pace, the opposite of hastening.

وبمعنى الجر في الإعراب

And in the sense of the genitive case in grammar.

وغض الصوت

And lowering the voice.

والخافض في الأسماء الحسنى: من يخفض الجبارين والفراعنة ويضعهم

And Al-Khafid (The Lowerer) among the Beautiful Names: He who lowers and debases the tyrants and the oppressors.

وخفض بالمكان يخفض: أقام

And 'khafaḍa bil-makān' (he stayed in the place): meaning he resided there.

والخافضة: التلعة المطمئنة، والخاتنة

And Al-Khafiḍah: the low-lying hill, and the circumciser (of females).

وخفضت الجارية: كختن الغلام، خاص بهن

And 'khafaḍat al-jāriyah' (the girl was circumcised): like the circumcising of the boy, specific to females.

{خافضة رافعة}

{Lowering, Raising}

أي: ترفع قوما إلى الجنة، وتخفض قوما إلى النار

Meaning: it raises some people to Paradise, and lowers some people to Hellfire.

وهو خافض الطير، أي: وقور

And he is 'khāfiḍ al-ṭayr' (one who lowers the bird), meaning: dignified.

{واخفض لهما جناح الذل من الرحمة}

{And lower to them the wing of humility out of mercy}

تواضع لهما، أو من المقلوب، أي: جناح الرحمة من الذل

Meaning: be humble to them, or it is inverted, meaning: the wing of mercy out of humility.

و"يخفض القسط ويرفعه"

And "He lowers the provision and raises it."

يبسط لمن يشاء، ويقدر على من يشاء

He expands provision for whom He wills and restricts it for whom He wills.

وأرض خافضة السقيا: سهلة السقي

And 'arḍ khāfiḍat al-suqyā' (land easy to water): meaning easy to irrigate.

وخفض القول يا فلان: لينه

And 'khafaḍ al-qawl' (lower the speech) O so-and-so: meaning soften it.

والأمر: هونه

And 'khafaḍ al-amr' (lower the matter): meaning make it easy.

ورأس البعير: مده إلى الأرض لتركبه

And the head of the camel: lower it to the ground for you to mount.

واختفض: انحط

And 'ikhtafaḍa': it descended.

والجارية: اختتنت

And the girl: she was circumcised.

والحروف المنخفضة: ما عدا قغضخصطظ

And the low letters: are all letters except ق, غ, ض, خ, ص, ط, ظ.