الخيفان

Root entry · 24 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to elevated or sloping ground, particularly on mountainsides, and by extension, to areas or regions. It also extends to describe certain types of plants, locusts, and physical characteristics like eye color or udder size. Metaphorically, it can refer to differences or divisions.

Derived headwords

الخَيْفَانnoun

1.
Mountain plantclassical
A type of plant that grows on mountains.
2.
Crowd of peopleclassical
A large number or multitude of people.
3.
Locustsclassical
Locusts before their wings are fully developed, or when they have developed varied streaks of white and yellow, or when they shed their original black or yellow color and turn reddish, or their red weak ones from the first year's offspring.

الخَيْفnoun

1.
Regionboth
A side, region, or area, often referring to a specific location.
2.
Udder skinclassical
The skin of an udder, or a side of the udder, or the skin of a she-camel's udder.
3.
Camel's sheathclassical
The sheath of a camel's penis.
4.
Mountain slopeboth
What descends from the roughness of a mountain and rises above the watercourse; every low and high ground on the slope of a mountain.
5.
White mark on a mountainclassical
A white mark on a black mountain behind Abu Qubays, after which the mosque of Al-Khayf was named, or because it is a region of Mina, or because it is on the slope of a mountain.

خَيْف سَلَامname

1.
Place nameclassical
A place near 'Usfan.

خَيْف النَّعَمname

1.
Place nameclassical
The lower part of Khayf Salam.

خَيْف ذِي القَبْرname

1.
Place nameclassical
Also the lower part of Khayf al-Na'am.

خَيْف الجَبَلname

1.
Place nameclassical
A place name, likely referring to a specific mountain slope.

أَخَافَverb

1.
To descend to a placeclassical
To come to a place like Khayf Mina and settle there.

أَخْيَفَverb

1.
To descend to a placeclassical
To come to a place like Khayf Mina and settle there (variant of أخاف).

اخْتَافَverb

1.
To descend to a placeclassical
To come to a place like Khayf Mina and settle there (variant of أخاف).

السَّيْلُ القَوْمَverb

1.
To cause to descend to a placeclassical
The flood caused the people to descend to the Khayf (a low-lying area).

الخِيفَةnoun

1.
Knifeclassical
A knife.
2.
Lion's denclassical
A lion's den or lair.

الخَيْفnoun

1.
Blue eyeclassical
In a horse and others: blueness of one eye and blackness of the other.
2.
Wide udderclassical
In camels: spaciousness of the udder. A she-camel is خيفاء (khayfā'), and a male camel is أخيف (akhyaf).
3.
Spacious skinclassical
Or the one with spacious skin.
4.
Udder without milkclassical
Or it is not خيفاء until it is empty of milk and relaxed.

خَيْفَاءadjective

1.
Wide-udderedclassical
A she-camel with a wide udder.
2.
Spacious-skinnedclassical
Or having spacious skin.
3.
Udder empty of milkclassical
Or not considered خيفاء until it is empty of milk and relaxed.

أَخْيَفadjective

1.
Having a wide udderclassical
A male camel with a wide udder (less common usage).

خَيْفَاوَاتnoun

1.
Plural of خيفاءclassical
Plural of خيفاء (wide-uddered she-camel).

خِيَفnoun

1.
Plural of أخيفclassical
Plural of أخيف (male camel with wide udder).

خَوْفnoun

1.
Plural of أخيفclassical
Plural of أخيف (male camel with wide udder) (variant plural).

أَخْيَافadjective

1.
Differentboth
They are أخياف, meaning different from each other.

إِخْوَةٌ أَخْيَافnoun

1.
Half-siblingsclassical
Brothers who share the same mother but have different fathers.

خَافَverb

1.
To descend and settleclassical
To descend to a place and settle in it.
2.
To retreatclassical
To retreat from fighting.

خَيَّفَ الأمرَ بَيْنَهُمْverb

1.
To distributeclassical
The matter was distributed among them (with damma on خ).

تَخَيَّفَ عُمُورُ اللِّثَةِ بَيْنَ الأَسْنَانِverb

1.
To spread apartclassical
The gums between the teeth spread apart.

تَخَيَّفَ أَلْوَانًاverb

1.
To change colorsclassical
To change colors.

أَخْيَفadjective

1.
Named Akhyafclassical
Named Akhyaf (like Ahmad).

Parallel reading

والخيف: الناحية، وجلد الضرع، أو ناحية الضرع، أو جلد ضرع الناقة، ووعاء قضيب البعير، وما انحدر عن غلظ الجبل، وارتفع عن مسيل الماء، وكل هبوط وارتقاء في سفح جبل، وغرة بيضاء في الجبل الأسود الذي خلف أبي قبيس، وبها سمي مسجد الخيف، أو لأنها ناحية من منى، أو لأنها في سفح جبل.

And Al-Khayf: the region, the skin of the udder, or the side of the udder, or the skin of the she-camel's udder, and the sheath of the camel's penis, and what descends from the roughness of the mountain and rises above the watercourse, and every low and high ground on the slope of a mountain, and a white mark on the black mountain behind Abu Qubays, and by it the mosque of Al-Khayf was named, or because it is a region of Mina, or because it is on the slope of a mountain.

والخيف، محركة، في الفرس وغيره: زرقة إحدى العينين وسواد الأخرى، و في الإبل: سعة الثيل، ناقة خيفاء، وجمل أخيف، أو الخيفاء: الواسعة الضرع، والواسعة جلده، أو لا تكون خيفاء حتى تخلو من اللبن وتسترخي، ج: خيفاوات، وجمع الأخيف: خيف وخوف.

And Al-Khayf, vocalized (with fatha on kh): in a horse and others: blueness of one eye and blackness of the other, and in camels: spaciousness of the udder, a she-camel khayfā', and a male camel akhyaf, or Al-Khayfā': the wide-uddered, and the wide-skinned, or it is not khayfā' until it is empty of milk and relaxed, plural: khayfāwāt, and the plural of akhyaf: khayf and khawf.

وهم أخياف، أي: مختلفون.

And they are akhyāf, meaning: different from each other.

وإخوة أخياف: أمهم واحدة والآباء شتى.

And half-brothers: their mothers are one and the fathers are various.

وخيف: نزل منزلا، و عن القتال: نكص.

And he said 'khafa': he descended to a place and settled, and 'khafa'an al-qitāl': he retreated from the fighting.

وخيف الأمر بينهم، بالضم، تخييفا: وزع.

And 'khuffa' al-amr baynahum', with damma, takhyīfan: it was distributed among them.

وتخيف ألوانا: تغير.

And 'takhayyafa alwānan': it changed colors.

وسموا: أخيف، كأحمد.

And they named him: Akhyaf, like Ahmad.

والخيفان: نبت جبلي، والكثرة من الناس، والجراد قبل أن يستوي جناحاها، أو إذا صارت فيه خطوط مختلفة بياض وصفرة، أو إذا انسلخ من لونه الأول الأسود أو الأصفر وصار إلى الحمرة، أو مهازيلها الحمر التي من نتاج عام أول.

And Al-Khayfān: a mountain plant, and a multitude of people, and locusts before their wings are fully developed, or when they have varied streaks of white and yellow, or when they shed their original black or yellow color and turn reddish, or their red weak ones from the first year's offspring.

وأخاف، أي: أتى خيف منى فنزله، كأخيف واختاف، و السيل القوم: أنزلهم الخيف.

And 'akhāfa': meaning, he came to Khayf Mina and settled there, like 'akhayfa' and 'ikhtāfa', and 'as-saylu al-qawma': the flood caused the people to descend to the Khayf.