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خلو

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of being empty, vacant, or free from something. It extends to notions of solitude, privacy, and the absence of people or things.

Derived headwords

خَلَاverb
  1. 1.
    to be emptyboth

    The place or thing is devoid of occupants or contents.

  2. 2.
    to be vacantboth

    A position or space is unoccupied.

  3. 3.
    to be free fromboth

    To be liberated or exempt from an obligation, burden, or person.

  4. 4.
    to be aloneboth

    To be in solitude, without company.

خلا المكان — The place became empty
خلا الشيء — The thing became empty/vacant
خُلُوّnoun
  1. 1.
    emptinessboth

    The state of being empty or vacant.

  2. 2.
    solitudeboth

    The state of being alone or in privacy.

  3. 3.
    freedomboth

    The state of being free from something.

خَلَاءnoun
  1. 1.
    emptinessclassical

    A state of being empty, often referring to a place.

  2. 2.
    voidclassical

    An empty space or expanse.

Parallel reading

خلا المكان
The place became empty
والشيء خلا
and the thing became empty