خَلَّى (khalaaā)to empty

Conjugation, meanings and vowelled example sentences for the Arabic verb خَلَّى (khalaaā) — “to empty”, drawn from the reader’s verified vocabulary bank. Every form carries full harakat.

Conjugation: خَلَّى يُخَلِّي

Past · الماضيPresent · المضارعImperative · الأمرVerbal noun · المصدر
خَلَّى khalaaāيُخَلِّي yukhaliīخَلِّ khaliiتَخْلِيَةٌ takhliyaaun

Meanings & examples

  1. 1. to empty

    • خَلَّى الرَّجُلُ الكُوبَ مِنَ المَاءِ.The man emptied the cup of water.
    • خَلَّتِ البِنْتُ صُنْدُوقَ الأَلْعَابِ.The girl emptied the toy box.
    • خَلَّى العَامِلُ الشَّاحِنَةَ مِنَ البِضَاعَةِ.The worker emptied the truck of goods.
  2. 2. to keep safe

  3. 3. to keep, to preserve

  4. 4. to keep/spare

    • خَلَّى الْأَبُ لِابْنِهِ الْحُرِّيَّةَ فِي اخْتِيَارِ مُسْتَقْبَلِهِ.The father kept/spared his son the freedom to choose his future.
    • خَلَّى الْمُدِيرُ لِلْمُوَظَّفِينَ بَعْضَ الْوَقْتِ لِلرَّاحَةِ بَيْنَ الْمَهَامِّ.The manager kept/spared the employees some time for rest between tasks.
    • لِمَاذَا لَمْ تُخَلِّ لِي بَعْضَ الطَّعَامِ؟ أَنَا جَائِعٌ جِدًّا.Why didn't you keep/spare some food for me? I'm very hungry.
  5. 5. to leave

    • خَلِّ الْبَابَ مَفْتُوحًا لِيَدْخُلَ الْهَوَاءُ.Leave the door open for air to enter.
    • لَا تُخَلِّي الْمِفْتَاحَ فِي الْبَابِ عِنْدَ خُرُوجِكَ.Don't leave the key in the door when you go out.
    • يَجِبُ أَنْ تُخَلِّيَ الْأَطْفَالَ يَلْعَبُونَ بِحُرِّيَّةٍ فِي الْحَدِيقَةِ.You should leave the children playing freely in the garden.
  6. 6. to leave alone

    • خَلِّنِي وَشَأْنِي، لَا أُرِيدُ أَنْ أَتَحَدَّثَ الْآنَ.Leave me alone, I don't want to talk now.
    • طَلَبَ مِنْهُ أَنْ يُخَلِّيَهُ وَحْدَهُ لِيُفَكِّرَ بِهُدُوءٍ.He asked him to leave him alone to think calmly.
    • لِمَاذَا لَا تُخَلِّي الْقِطَّةَ وَحْدَهَا؟ إِنَّهَا تَخَافُ.Why don't you leave the cat alone? It's scared.
  7. 7. to leave alone, to let go, to set free

    • خَلَّى الْأَبُ ابْنَهُ يَلْعَبُ بِحُرِّيَّةٍ فِي الْحَدِيقَةِ.The father left his son alone to play freely in the garden.
    • يُخَلِّي الْحَارِسُ السَّجِينَ بَعْدَ انْتِهَاءِ مُدَّةِ حُكْمِهِ.The guard sets the prisoner free after the end of his sentence.
    • خَلِّ سَبِيلَهُ وَدَعْهُ يَذْهَبُ حَيْثُ شَاءَ.Let him go and let him go wherever he wants.
  8. 8. to let go

    • خَلَّى الْحَارِسُ السَّجِينَ يَذْهَبُ بَعْدَ انْتِهَاءِ مُدَّةِ حُكْمِهِ.The guard let the prisoner go after his sentence ended.
    • خَلِّ الْأَطْفَالَ يَلْعَبُونَ فِي الْحَدِيقَةِ بِحُرِّيَّةٍ.Let the children play freely in the garden.
    • لَا تُخَلِّ الْخَوْفَ يُسَيْطِرُ عَلَى قَرَارَاتِكَ.Don't let fear control your decisions.

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