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خفش

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to visual impairments and nocturnal vision. It encompasses conditions of poor eyesight, specifically night blindness or reduced vision in daylight, and also refers to the nocturnal flying mammal.

Derived headwords

الخَفَاشnoun
  1. 1.
    that flies at night (bat)both

    that flies at night (bat)

الخَفَاشnoun
  1. 1.
    that flies at night (bat)both

    that flies at night (bat)

خَفَشnoun
  1. 1.
    poor eyesightclassical

    A congenital condition characterized by smallness of the eyes and weakness of vision.

أخْفَشadjective
  1. 1.
    he who sees things at night but not during the day, and sees them on a cloudy day but not on a clear dayboth

    he who sees things at night but not during the day, and sees them on a cloudy day but not on a clear day

Parallel reading

الخفاش: واحد الخفافيش التي تطير بالليل.
The bat: the singular of the bats that fly by night.
والخفش: صغر في العين وضعف في البصر خلقة.
And 'khfash' is smallness in the eye and weakness of vision by nature.
والرجل أخفش.
And the man is 'akhfash' (having poor eyesight).
وقد يكون الخفش علة، وهو الذى يبصر الشئ بالليل ولا يبصره بالنهار، ويبصره في يوم غيم ولا يبصره في يوم صاح.
And 'khfash' can be a condition, which is that one sees things at night but does not see them during the day, and sees them on a cloudy day but does not see them on a clear day.