خفر

Root entry · 21 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of shyness, modesty, and bashfulness, particularly in women, but also applicable to men. It extends to meanings of protection, granting safety, and fulfilling covenants, as well as the opposite of breaking trust and betraying.

Derived headwords

الخَفَرُnoun

1.
shynessboth
Modesty or bashfulness, often associated with women.
2.
intense shynessclassical
A heightened degree of shyness or modesty.

خَفِرَverb

1.
to be shyboth
To exhibit shyness or modesty.

تَخَفَّرَverb

1.
to be intensely shyclassical
To become intensely shy or bashful.
2.
to seek protectionclassical
To seek protection or ask someone to be one's protector.

خَفَرَةٌnoun

1.
shynessboth
A state of shyness or bashfulness, used as an adjective.
2.
protectionclassical
Safety, security, or protection granted by someone.

مِخْفَارٌadjective

1.
shyclassical
Characterized by shyness or modesty.
2.
protectiveclassical
Providing protection or security.

خَفَائِرُnoun

1.
protectionsclassical
Plural of 'khufara', referring to protections or safeguards.

خَفَرَهُverb

1.
to protectclassical
To grant protection, safety, or asylum to someone.
2.
to guaranteeclassical
To assure or guarantee safety.

خَفَرَ بِهِverb

1.
to seek protection fromclassical
To seek protection or asylum from someone.

يَخْفِرُverb

1.
to protectclassical
Present tense of protecting, granting safety.

يُخْفِرُverb

1.
to protectclassical
Present tense of protecting, granting safety (passive form implied by context).

تَخْفِيرٌnoun

1.
protectionclassical
The act of protecting or granting safety.
2.
fortificationclassical
The act of building walls or fortifications.

الخُفْرَةُnoun

1.
protectionclassical
Safety, security, or a covenant of protection.
2.
guaranteeclassical
A pledge of safety or protection.

الخَفَارَةُnoun

1.
protectionclassical
Safety, security, or a covenant of protection.
2.
guaranteeclassical
A pledge of safety or protection.
3.
protection of cropsclassical
Safeguarding crops from spoilage.

الخَفِيرُnoun

1.
protectorclassical
One who grants protection or asylum.
2.
guarantorclassical
One who guarantees safety or security.

خَفَرَهُ خُفُورًاverb

1.
to break a covenantclassical
To break a promise, covenant, or treaty.
2.
to betrayclassical
To act treacherously or disloyally.

أَخْفَرَverb

1.
to break a covenantclassical
To violate or break a covenant or treaty.
2.
to betrayclassical
To act treacherously or disloyally.

الخَفُورُnoun

1.
breaking of a covenantclassical
The act of breaking a covenant or treaty.

التَّخْفِيرُnoun

1.
fortificationclassical
The act of building walls or fortifications.
2.
sending a guardclassical
Sending someone to protect or guard.

أَخْفَرَهُverb

1.
to send a guard withclassical
To send a protector or guard with someone.

الخَافُورُnoun

1.
a plantclassical
A type of plant that ants gather, possibly named for its scent that suppresses desire.

خَفَارَةٌnoun

1.
fee for protectionclassical
A payment or fee taken to grant protection or guarantee safety.

Parallel reading

الخفر: الحياء

Al-khafar: shyness.

شدة الحياء، كالخفارة

Intense shyness, like al-khifarah.

تقول منه: خفرت، كفرح، وتخفرت، خفرا وخفارة وتخفرا

You say from it: khafira (she was shy), like faraha, and takhaffarat, with khafaran, khifarah, and takhuffuran.

وهي خفرة، على الفعل، وخفر بغير هاء

And she is khafirah (shy), following the pattern of 'alimah, and khafir (shy) without the 'ta' marbutah.

غض الأطراف، وخفر الإعراض

Lowering the gaze, and shyness in turning away.

دار لجماء العظام مخفار

A dwelling for the strong-boned, protective.

يقال: خفر الرجل إذا استحى

It is said: a man is khafira if he is shy.

حيي خفر

Shy and bashful.

تخفر: اشتد حياؤه

Takhffara: his shyness intensified.

خفره، و خفر به، و فر عليه يخفر، بالكسر، ويخفر، بالضم، وهاذه عن الكءعائي، خفرا، بفتح فسكون: أجاره ومنعه وآمنه

Khafarahu (he protected him), and khafara bihi (he sought protection from him), and farr 'alayhi yakhfiru (he protected him), with kasr, and yakhfiru, with damma, and this is from Al-Ka'ai, with khafaran, fath wa sukun: he granted him asylum, protected him, and made him safe.

وكان له خفيرا يمنعه

And he was a protector for him, preventing harm.

الاسم من ذالك الخفرة، بالضم

The noun from that is al-khufrah, with damma.

من صلى الصبح فهو في خفرة الله

Whoever prays the dawn prayer is in the protection of God.

الدموع خفر العيون

Tears are the protection of the eyes.

وقيل الخفرة والخفارة: الأمان، وقيل: الذمة

And it is said al-khufrah and al-khifarah: safety, and it is said: a covenant.

يقال: وفت خفرتك. يقوله المخفور لخفيره إذا لم يسلمه

It is said: 'Your protection has been fulfilled.' The one being protected says this to his protector if he does not hand him over.

الخفير المجار. والمجير

Al-khafir: the one who grants asylum. And the one who grants protection.

خفير القوم: مجيرهم الذي يكونون في ضمانه ما داموا في بلاده، وهو يخفر القوم خفارة

The protector of a people: their guarantor under whose security they remain as long as they are in his land, and he protects the people with protection.

الخفارة: الذمة كالخفرة كهمزة

Al-khifarah: the covenant, like al-khufrah (with hamzah).

وهذا خفرتي، وهو بمعنى المجير، فقط، ولا يطلق على المجار

And this is my protection, and it means the protector, only, and is not applied to the one seeking asylum.

الخافور: نبت تجمعه النمل في بيوتها

Al-khafur: a plant that ants gather in their nests.

زعموا أنه سمي به لأن ريحه تخفر، أي تقطع شهوة النساء

They claim it was named so because its scent suppresses, meaning it cuts off women's desire.

خفره، إذا أخذ منه خفارة، أي جعلا ليجيره ويكفله

Khafarahu, if he took from him a khifarah, meaning a fee to protect and guarantee him.

خفر به خفرا، بفتح فسكون، وخفورا، كقعود، كلاهما على القياس: نقض عهده وخاس به وغدره

Khafara bihi khafaran, with fath wa sukun, and khufuran, like qu'ud, both according to the pattern: he broke his covenant, acted deceitfully towards him, and betrayed him.

كأخفره، أي أن فعل وأفعل فيه سواء، كلاهما للنقض

Like akhfarahu, meaning the verb form 'fa'ala' and 'af'ala' are the same in this regard, both meaning to break.

أخفر الذمة، إذا لم يف بها وانتهكها

Akhfara al-dhimmah, if he did not fulfill it and violated it.

من صلى الغداة فإنه في ذمة الله، فلا تخفرن الله في ذمته

Whoever prays the dawn prayer is in the protection of God, so do not break God's covenant in His protection.

فإنكم وقوما أخفروكم لكالديباج مال به العباء

Indeed, you and a people who broke their covenant with you are like brocade adorned with cloaks.

والخفور هو الإخفار نفسه، من قبل المخفر، من غير فعل على خفر يخفر

And al-khufur is the breaking itself, from the perspective of the one whose covenant is broken, not from the verb 'khafara' which means to protect.

خفرت ذمة فلان خفورا إذا لم يوف بها ولم تتم، وأخفرها الرجل

Khafirtu the covenant of so-and-so with khufuran if it was not fulfilled and completed, and the man akhfaraha (broke it).

أخفرت الرجل: نقضت عهده وذمامه

Akhfartu the man: I broke his covenant and his protection.

وهو المراد في الحديث

And this is what is intended in the hadith.

من ظلم من المسلمين أحدا فقد أخفر الله

Whoever wrongs any of the Muslims has indeed broken God's covenant.

والتخفير: التسوير والتحصين

And al-takhfir: building walls and fortifying.

أخفره: بعث معه خفيرا يمنعه ويحرسه

Akhfarahu: he sent with him a protector to prevent and guard him.

وتخفر: اشتد حياؤه

And takhffara: his shyness intensified.

وتخفر به: استجار به وسأله أن يكون له خفيرا يجيره

And takhffara bihi: he sought asylum with him and asked him to be a protector for him, granting him asylum.

والخفارة، بالكسر، في النخل: حفظه من الفساد

And al-khifarah, with kasr, in date palms: protecting them from spoilage.

والخفارة في الزرع: الشراحة وزنا ومعنى، وهو الخفير والشارح، لحافظ الزرع

And al-khifarah in crops: al-sharaahah, in weight and meaning, and it is the protector and the one who explains, for the guardian of the crop.