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نخفت

Root entry · 40 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns sounds related to the nose and breath, including blowing, sneezing, sniffing, and high-pitched breathing. It also extends to describe a depression in a mountain and a type of footwear.

Derived headwords

نَخَفَverb
  1. 1.
    to blowboth

    To exhale air forcefully, often from the mouth or nose.

  2. 2.
    to sneezeclassical

    To expel air suddenly and involuntarily through the nose and mouth.

  3. 3.
    to sniffclassical

    To make a sound with the nose, especially when smelling something or when it is blocked.

  4. 4.
    to breathe loudlyclassical

    To inhale or exhale with a noticeable, high-pitched sound.

نَخِفَverb
  1. 1.
    to make a nasal soundclassical

    To produce a sound characteristic of the nose, similar to a nasal twang or the sound of sniffing.

نَخْفِيتُهُnoun
  1. 1.
    its nasal soundclassical

    The sound produced by the nose, such as sniffing or a blocked nose sound.

نَخْفِيتُهُnoun
  1. 1.
    its high-pitched breathclassical

    A breath that is characterized by a high-pitched sound.

نَخْفِيتُهُnoun
  1. 1.
    its sneezing soundclassical

    The sound associated with sneezing.

نَخْفِيتُهُnoun
  1. 1.
    its blowing soundclassical

    The sound produced by blowing.

خَنِينnoun
  1. 1.
    nasal soundboth

    A sound produced through the nose, often associated with a cold or crying.

خَنَنَverb
  1. 1.
    to make a nasal soundclassical

    To speak or make a sound with a nasal quality.

خَنِينnoun
  1. 1.
    nasal sound (from root نخفت)classical

    A sound resembling the nasal sound described by the root نخفت, specifically from the nose.

خَفَّverb
  1. 1.
    to be lightboth

    To have little weight or be easy to carry.

خُفّnoun
  1. 1.
    hoofboth

    The hard covering protecting the foot of an ungulate mammal.

  2. 2.
    shoeclassical

    A type of footwear, often soft and light.

خِفَافnoun
  1. 1.
    light thingsboth

    Things that are light in weight.

  2. 2.
    light shoesclassical

    A type of light footwear.

أَخْفَتَverb
  1. 1.
    to make a nasal soundclassical

    To cause a nasal sound to be made, or to speak with a nasal tone.

نُخْفِتَverb
  1. 1.
    to be blownclassical

    To be exhaled forcefully.

  2. 2.
    to sneezeclassical

    To experience sneezing.

  3. 3.
    to sniffclassical

    To make a sniffing sound.

  4. 4.
    to breathe loudlyclassical

    To breathe with a noticeable, high-pitched sound.

نَخْفِتَةnoun
  1. 1.
    nasal soundclassical

    A sound produced by the nose.

نَخْفِتَةnoun
  1. 1.
    high-pitched breathclassical

    A breath characterized by a high-pitched sound.

نَخْفِتَةnoun
  1. 1.
    sneezingclassical

    The act of sneezing.

نَخْفِتَةnoun
  1. 1.
    blowingclassical

    The act of blowing.

نُخْفِتَةnoun
  1. 1.
    nasal soundclassical

    A sound produced by the nose.

نُخْفِتَةnoun
  1. 1.
    high-pitched breathclassical

    A breath characterized by a high-pitched sound.

نُخْفِتَةnoun
  1. 1.
    sneezingclassical

    The act of sneezing.

نُخْفِتَةnoun
  1. 1.
    blowingclassical

    The act of blowing.

نَخِيفadjective
  1. 1.
    nasalclassical

    Having a nasal quality of sound.

نَخِيفadjective
  1. 1.
    high-pitched (sound)classical

    Describing a sound that is high in pitch.

نَخِيفadjective
  1. 1.
    sneezingclassical

    Characterized by sneezing.

نَخِيفadjective
  1. 1.
    blowingclassical

    Characterized by blowing.

نَخِيفadjective
  1. 1.
    loud-breathingclassical

    Breathing with a noticeable, high-pitched sound.

نَخِيفَةnoun
  1. 1.
    nasal soundclassical

    A sound produced by the nose.

نَخِيفَةnoun
  1. 1.
    high-pitched breathclassical

    A breath characterized by a high-pitched sound.

نَخِيفَةnoun
  1. 1.
    sneezingclassical

    The act of sneezing.

نَخِيفَةnoun
  1. 1.
    blowingclassical

    The act of blowing.

نَخِيفَةnoun
  1. 1.
    loud breathclassical

    A breath that is loud and high-pitched.

أَنْخَفَverb
  1. 1.
    to increase in nasal soundclassical

    To become more pronounced in making a nasal sound.

نَخِيفُهُnoun
  1. 1.
    its nasal soundclassical

    The sound produced by the nose.

نَخِيفُهُnoun
  1. 1.
    its high-pitched breathclassical

    A breath characterized by a high-pitched sound.

نَخِيفُهُnoun
  1. 1.
    its sneezing soundclassical

    The sound associated with sneezing.

نَخِيفُهُnoun
  1. 1.
    its blowing soundclassical

    The sound produced by blowing.

نَخِيفُهُnoun
  1. 1.
    its loud breathclassical

    Its loud and high-pitched breath.

نُخْفَةnoun
  1. 1.
    depression in a mountainclassical

    A hollow or low-lying area on the summit of a mountain.

أَنْخُفَةnoun
  1. 1.
    depressions in mountainsclassical

    Plural of 'nukhfah', referring to hollows or low-lying areas on mountain summits.

Parallel reading

نَخَفَ العنز، كمنع ونصر: نفخت، أو شبيه بالعطاس، أو صوت الأنف إذا مخط، أو النفس العالي.
The goat 'nakhfata', as in 'man'a' and 'nasara': it blew, or it sneezed, or the sound of the nose when sniffed, or the high breath.
وكأمير: مثل الخنين من الأنف.
And as in 'ameer': like the nasal sound from the nose.
وككتاب: الخف، ج: أنخفة.
And as in 'kitab': the shoe, plural: ankhifah.
والنخفة: وهدة في رأس الجبل.
And the nukhfah: a depression in the top of the mountain.
وأنخف: كثر صوت نخيفه.
And 'ankhafa': its nasal sound became abundant.