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استخف

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Arabic

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Root
خ ف ف (ḵ f f)
9 terms

Pronunciation

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Verb

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اِسْتَخَفَّ (istaḵaffa) X (non-past يَسْتَخِفُّ (yastaḵiffu), verbal noun اِسْتِخْفَاف (istiḵfāf))

  1. to belittle, to take lightly, to flout, to make light of
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 43:54:
      فَاسْتَخَفَّ قَوْمَهُ فَأَطَاعُوهُ
      fāstaḵaffa qawmahu faʔaṭāʕūhu
      And so he fooled his people, and they obeyed him.
  2. (transitive) to find (something) light (not heavy)
    Antonym: اِسْتَثْقَلَ (istaṯqala)
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 16:80:
      وَجَعَلَ لَكُمْ مِنْ جُلُودِ الْأَنْعَامِ بُيُوتًا تَسْتَخِفُّونَهَا
      wajaʕala lakum min julūdi l-ʔanʕāmi buyūtan tastaḵiffūnahā
      And Allah has made your homes a place to rest, and has given you tents from the hide of animals, light to handle.

Conjugation

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South Levantine Arabic

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Root
خ ف ف
3 terms

Etymology

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From Arabic اِسْتَخَفَّ (istaḵaffa).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /is.ta.xaff/, [ɪs.taˈxaf]
  • Audio (al-Lidd):(file)

Verb

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استخفّ (istaḵaff) X (present بستخفّ (bistaḵeff))

  1. to underestimate

Conjugation

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    Conjugation of استخفّ (istaḵaff)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m استخفّيت (istaḵaffēt) استخفّيت (istaḵaffēt) استخفّ (istaḵaff) استخفّينا (istaḵaffēna) استخفّيتو (istaḵaffētu) استخفّو (istaḵaffu)
f استخفّيتي (istaḵaffēti) استخفّت (istaḵaffat)
present m بستخفّ (bastaḵeff) بتستخفّ (btistaḵeff) بستخفّ (bistaḵeff) منستخفّ (mnistaḵeff) بتستخفّو (btistaḵeffu) بستخفّو (bistaḵeffu)
f بتستخفّي (btistaḵeffi) بتستخفّ (btistaḵeff)
subjunctive m أستخفّ (astaḵeff) تستخفّ (tistaḵeff) يستخفّ (yistaḵeff) نستخفّ (nistaḵeff) تستخفّو (tistaḵeffu) يستخفّو (yistaḵeffu)
f تستخفّي (tistaḵeffi) تستخفّ (tistaḵeff)
imperative m استخفّ (istaḵeff) استخفّو (istaḵeffu)
f استخفّي (istaḵeffi)