حذف

Arabic

Etymology 1.1

Verb form I from the root ح ذ ف (ḥ-ḏ-f).

Verb

حَذَفَ • (ḥaḏafa) I (non-past يَحْذِفُ (yaḥḏifu), verbal noun حَذْف (ḥaḏf))

1. (transitive or intransitive) to shorten, to clip, to curtail [with accusative or مِن (min) ‘something’]
2. (transitive) to take away
3. to cut off, to clip off [with accusative ‘something’ and مِن (min) ‘from something else’]
4. to strike out, to cross out [with accusative ‘something’ and مِن (min) ‘from something else’]
5. (grammar, phonology, transitive) to elide, to apocopate, to drop by apheresis

   Synonym: أَسْقَطَ (ʔasqaṭa)

6. (mathematics, accounting, transitive) to deduct, to subtract
7. to pelt [with accusative ‘someone’ and بِ (bi) ‘with something’]
8. (intransitive) to throw away, to discard [with بِ (bi) ‘something’]

   حَذْفُ الْكَلِمَاتِ الْمُفْتَاحِيَّةِ الْآنِيَّةِ إِلْزَامِيٌّ عِنْدَمَا يَتَعَلَّقُ الْأَمْرُ بِخُصُوصِيَّةِ الْمَرْءِ.

   ḥaḏfu al-kalimāti l-muftāḥiyyati l-ʔāniyyati ʔilzāmiyyun ʕindamā yataʕallaqu l-ʔamru biḵuṣūṣiyyati l-marʔi.

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Conjugation

    Conjugation of حَذَفَ (I, sound, a ~ i, full passive, verbal noun حَذْف)

verbal noun الْمَصْدَر						حَذْف ḥaḏf
active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل						حَاذِف ḥāḏif
passive participle اِسْم الْمَفْعُول						مَحْذُوف maḥḏūf
active voice الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	حَذَفْتُ ḥaḏaftu	حَذَفْتَ ḥaḏafta	حَذَفَ ḥaḏafa		حَذَفْتُمَا ḥaḏaftumā	حَذَفَا ḥaḏafā		حَذَفْنَا ḥaḏafnā	حَذَفْتُمْ ḥaḏaftum	حَذَفُوا ḥaḏafū
	f		حَذَفْتِ ḥaḏafti	حَذَفَتْ ḥaḏafat			حَذَفَتَا ḥaḏafatā			حَذَفْتُنَّ ḥaḏaftunna	حَذَفْنَ ḥaḏafna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أَحْذِفُ ʔaḥḏifu	تَحْذِفُ taḥḏifu	يَحْذِفُ yaḥḏifu		تَحْذِفَانِ taḥḏifāni	يَحْذِفَانِ yaḥḏifāni		نَحْذِفُ naḥḏifu	تَحْذِفُونَ taḥḏifūna	يَحْذِفُونَ yaḥḏifūna
	f		تَحْذِفِينَ taḥḏifīna	تَحْذِفُ taḥḏifu			تَحْذِفَانِ taḥḏifāni			تَحْذِفْنَ taḥḏifna	يَحْذِفْنَ yaḥḏifna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أَحْذِفَ ʔaḥḏifa	تَحْذِفَ taḥḏifa	يَحْذِفَ yaḥḏifa		تَحْذِفَا taḥḏifā	يَحْذِفَا yaḥḏifā		نَحْذِفَ naḥḏifa	تَحْذِفُوا taḥḏifū	يَحْذِفُوا yaḥḏifū
	f		تَحْذِفِي taḥḏifī	تَحْذِفَ taḥḏifa			تَحْذِفَا taḥḏifā			تَحْذِفْنَ taḥḏifna	يَحْذِفْنَ yaḥḏifna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أَحْذِفْ ʔaḥḏif	تَحْذِفْ taḥḏif	يَحْذِفْ yaḥḏif		تَحْذِفَا taḥḏifā	يَحْذِفَا yaḥḏifā		نَحْذِفْ naḥḏif	تَحْذِفُوا taḥḏifū	يَحْذِفُوا yaḥḏifū
	f		تَحْذِفِي taḥḏifī	تَحْذِفْ taḥḏif			تَحْذِفَا taḥḏifā			تَحْذِفْنَ taḥḏifna	يَحْذِفْنَ yaḥḏifna
imperative الْأَمْر	m		اِحْذِفْ iḥḏif			اِحْذِفَا iḥḏifā				اِحْذِفُوا iḥḏifū
	f		اِحْذِفِي iḥḏifī							اِحْذِفْنَ iḥḏifna
passive voice الْفِعْل الْمَجْهُول
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	حُذِفْتُ ḥuḏiftu	حُذِفْتَ ḥuḏifta	حُذِفَ ḥuḏifa		حُذِفْتُمَا ḥuḏiftumā	حُذِفَا ḥuḏifā		حُذِفْنَا ḥuḏifnā	حُذِفْتُمْ ḥuḏiftum	حُذِفُوا ḥuḏifū
	f		حُذِفْتِ ḥuḏifti	حُذِفَتْ ḥuḏifat			حُذِفَتَا ḥuḏifatā			حُذِفْتُنَّ ḥuḏiftunna	حُذِفْنَ ḥuḏifna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أُحْذَفُ ʔuḥḏafu	تُحْذَفُ tuḥḏafu	يُحْذَفُ yuḥḏafu		تُحْذَفَانِ tuḥḏafāni	يُحْذَفَانِ yuḥḏafāni		نُحْذَفُ nuḥḏafu	تُحْذَفُونَ tuḥḏafūna	يُحْذَفُونَ yuḥḏafūna
	f		تُحْذَفِينَ tuḥḏafīna	تُحْذَفُ tuḥḏafu			تُحْذَفَانِ tuḥḏafāni			تُحْذَفْنَ tuḥḏafna	يُحْذَفْنَ yuḥḏafna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أُحْذَفَ ʔuḥḏafa	تُحْذَفَ tuḥḏafa	يُحْذَفَ yuḥḏafa		تُحْذَفَا tuḥḏafā	يُحْذَفَا yuḥḏafā		نُحْذَفَ nuḥḏafa	تُحْذَفُوا tuḥḏafū	يُحْذَفُوا yuḥḏafū
	f		تُحْذَفِي tuḥḏafī	تُحْذَفَ tuḥḏafa			تُحْذَفَا tuḥḏafā			تُحْذَفْنَ tuḥḏafna	يُحْذَفْنَ yuḥḏafna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أُحْذَفْ ʔuḥḏaf	تُحْذَفْ tuḥḏaf	يُحْذَفْ yuḥḏaf		تُحْذَفَا tuḥḏafā	يُحْذَفَا yuḥḏafā		نُحْذَفْ nuḥḏaf	تُحْذَفُوا tuḥḏafū	يُحْذَفُوا yuḥḏafū
	f		تُحْذَفِي tuḥḏafī	تُحْذَفْ tuḥḏaf			تُحْذَفَا tuḥḏafā			تُحْذَفْنَ tuḥḏafna	يُحْذَفْنَ yuḥḏafna

Etymology 1.2

Verb form II from the root ح ذ ف (ḥ-ḏ-f).

Verb

حَذَّفَ • (ḥaḏḏafa) II (non-past يُحَذِّفُ (yuḥaḏḏifu), verbal noun تَحْذِيف (taḥḏīf))

1. (transitive) to clip, trim
2. (transitive) to give shape, to cut, clip, or trim into proper shape

Conjugation

    Conjugation of حَذَّفَ (II, sound, full passive, verbal noun تَحْذِيف)

verbal noun الْمَصْدَر						تَحْذِيف taḥḏīf
active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل						مُحَذِّف muḥaḏḏif
passive participle اِسْم الْمَفْعُول						مُحَذَّف muḥaḏḏaf
active voice الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	حَذَّفْتُ ḥaḏḏaftu	حَذَّفْتَ ḥaḏḏafta	حَذَّفَ ḥaḏḏafa		حَذَّفْتُمَا ḥaḏḏaftumā	حَذَّفَا ḥaḏḏafā		حَذَّفْنَا ḥaḏḏafnā	حَذَّفْتُمْ ḥaḏḏaftum	حَذَّفُوا ḥaḏḏafū
	f		حَذَّفْتِ ḥaḏḏafti	حَذَّفَتْ ḥaḏḏafat			حَذَّفَتَا ḥaḏḏafatā			حَذَّفْتُنَّ ḥaḏḏaftunna	حَذَّفْنَ ḥaḏḏafna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أُحَذِّفُ ʔuḥaḏḏifu	تُحَذِّفُ tuḥaḏḏifu	يُحَذِّفُ yuḥaḏḏifu		تُحَذِّفَانِ tuḥaḏḏifāni	يُحَذِّفَانِ yuḥaḏḏifāni		نُحَذِّفُ nuḥaḏḏifu	تُحَذِّفُونَ tuḥaḏḏifūna	يُحَذِّفُونَ yuḥaḏḏifūna
	f		تُحَذِّفِينَ tuḥaḏḏifīna	تُحَذِّفُ tuḥaḏḏifu			تُحَذِّفَانِ tuḥaḏḏifāni			تُحَذِّفْنَ tuḥaḏḏifna	يُحَذِّفْنَ yuḥaḏḏifna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أُحَذِّفَ ʔuḥaḏḏifa	تُحَذِّفَ tuḥaḏḏifa	يُحَذِّفَ yuḥaḏḏifa		تُحَذِّفَا tuḥaḏḏifā	يُحَذِّفَا yuḥaḏḏifā		نُحَذِّفَ nuḥaḏḏifa	تُحَذِّفُوا tuḥaḏḏifū	يُحَذِّفُوا yuḥaḏḏifū
	f		تُحَذِّفِي tuḥaḏḏifī	تُحَذِّفَ tuḥaḏḏifa			تُحَذِّفَا tuḥaḏḏifā			تُحَذِّفْنَ tuḥaḏḏifna	يُحَذِّفْنَ yuḥaḏḏifna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أُحَذِّفْ ʔuḥaḏḏif	تُحَذِّفْ tuḥaḏḏif	يُحَذِّفْ yuḥaḏḏif		تُحَذِّفَا tuḥaḏḏifā	يُحَذِّفَا yuḥaḏḏifā		نُحَذِّفْ nuḥaḏḏif	تُحَذِّفُوا tuḥaḏḏifū	يُحَذِّفُوا yuḥaḏḏifū
	f		تُحَذِّفِي tuḥaḏḏifī	تُحَذِّفْ tuḥaḏḏif			تُحَذِّفَا tuḥaḏḏifā			تُحَذِّفْنَ tuḥaḏḏifna	يُحَذِّفْنَ yuḥaḏḏifna
imperative الْأَمْر	m		حَذِّفْ ḥaḏḏif			حَذِّفَا ḥaḏḏifā				حَذِّفُوا ḥaḏḏifū
	f		حَذِّفِي ḥaḏḏifī							حَذِّفْنَ ḥaḏḏifna
passive voice الْفِعْل الْمَجْهُول
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	حُذِّفْتُ ḥuḏḏiftu	حُذِّفْتَ ḥuḏḏifta	حُذِّفَ ḥuḏḏifa		حُذِّفْتُمَا ḥuḏḏiftumā	حُذِّفَا ḥuḏḏifā		حُذِّفْنَا ḥuḏḏifnā	حُذِّفْتُمْ ḥuḏḏiftum	حُذِّفُوا ḥuḏḏifū
	f		حُذِّفْتِ ḥuḏḏifti	حُذِّفَتْ ḥuḏḏifat			حُذِّفَتَا ḥuḏḏifatā			حُذِّفْتُنَّ ḥuḏḏiftunna	حُذِّفْنَ ḥuḏḏifna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أُحَذَّفُ ʔuḥaḏḏafu	تُحَذَّفُ tuḥaḏḏafu	يُحَذَّفُ yuḥaḏḏafu		تُحَذَّفَانِ tuḥaḏḏafāni	يُحَذَّفَانِ yuḥaḏḏafāni		نُحَذَّفُ nuḥaḏḏafu	تُحَذَّفُونَ tuḥaḏḏafūna	يُحَذَّفُونَ yuḥaḏḏafūna
	f		تُحَذَّفِينَ tuḥaḏḏafīna	تُحَذَّفُ tuḥaḏḏafu			تُحَذَّفَانِ tuḥaḏḏafāni			تُحَذَّفْنَ tuḥaḏḏafna	يُحَذَّفْنَ yuḥaḏḏafna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أُحَذَّفَ ʔuḥaḏḏafa	تُحَذَّفَ tuḥaḏḏafa	يُحَذَّفَ yuḥaḏḏafa		تُحَذَّفَا tuḥaḏḏafā	يُحَذَّفَا yuḥaḏḏafā		نُحَذَّفَ nuḥaḏḏafa	تُحَذَّفُوا tuḥaḏḏafū	يُحَذَّفُوا yuḥaḏḏafū
	f		تُحَذَّفِي tuḥaḏḏafī	تُحَذَّفَ tuḥaḏḏafa			تُحَذَّفَا tuḥaḏḏafā			تُحَذَّفْنَ tuḥaḏḏafna	يُحَذَّفْنَ yuḥaḏḏafna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أُحَذَّفْ ʔuḥaḏḏaf	تُحَذَّفْ tuḥaḏḏaf	يُحَذَّفْ yuḥaḏḏaf		تُحَذَّفَا tuḥaḏḏafā	يُحَذَّفَا yuḥaḏḏafā		نُحَذَّفْ nuḥaḏḏaf	تُحَذَّفُوا tuḥaḏḏafū	يُحَذَّفُوا yuḥaḏḏafū
	f		تُحَذَّفِي tuḥaḏḏafī	تُحَذَّفْ tuḥaḏḏaf			تُحَذَّفَا tuḥaḏḏafā			تُحَذَّفْنَ tuḥaḏḏafna	يُحَذَّفْنَ yuḥaḏḏafna

Etymology 1.3

Verbal noun from حَذَفَ (ḥaḏafa).

Noun

حَذْف • (ḥaḏf) m

1. shortening, curtailing, cutting off, trimming
2. cancellation, crossing out, deletion, omission, dropping, suppression
3. (grammar, phonology, phonetics) elision, deletion, ellipsis, apocope, apheresis
4. (computing) deletion

Declension

Declension of noun حَذْف (ḥaḏf)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	حَذْف ḥaḏf	الْحَذْف al-ḥaḏf	حَذْف ḥaḏf
Nominative	حَذْفٌ ḥaḏfun	الْحَذْفُ al-ḥaḏfu	حَذْفُ ḥaḏfu
Accusative	حَذْفًا ḥaḏfan	الْحَذْفَ al-ḥaḏfa	حَذْفَ ḥaḏfa
Genitive	حَذْفٍ ḥaḏfin	الْحَذْفِ al-ḥaḏfi	حَذْفِ ḥaḏfi

Synonyms

• إِسْقَاط (ʔisqāṭ)

Descendants

• → Ottoman Turkish: حذف (hazf)
  • Turkish: hazif
• → Persian: حذف
• → Tajik: ҳазф (hazf)
• → Urdu: حَذَف (hazaf)

Etymology 1.4

From the root ح ذ ف (ḥ-ḏ-f) in the sense of "trimming (especially laterally)", from the تَحْذِيفُ الشَّعَر (taḥḏīfu š-šaʕar, “undercut hairstyle”); so called for the distinctive teal-colored side patches on the bird's head.

Noun

حَذَف • (ḥaḏaf) m

1. teal (some birds in the genus Anas)

Declension

Declension of noun حَذَف (ḥaḏaf)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	حَذَف ḥaḏaf	الْحَذَف al-ḥaḏaf	حَذَف ḥaḏaf
Nominative	حَذَفٌ ḥaḏafun	الْحَذَفُ al-ḥaḏafu	حَذَفُ ḥaḏafu
Accusative	حَذَفًا ḥaḏafan	الْحَذَفَ al-ḥaḏafa	حَذَفَ ḥaḏafa
Genitive	حَذَفٍ ḥaḏafin	الْحَذَفِ al-ḥaḏafi	حَذَفِ ḥaḏafi

Derived terms

• حَذَفِيّ (ḥaḏafiyy, “teal-coloured”)

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ح ذ ف
1 term

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Arabic حَذَفَ (ḥaḏafa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ħa.zaf/, [ˈħa.zaf]

• Audio (al-Lidd):

  (file)

Verb

حذف • (ḥazaf) I (present بحذف (biḥzif))

1. to delete
2. (mathematics) to subtract

Conjugation

Conjugation of حذف (ḥazaf)
		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
past	m	حذفت (ḥazaft)	حذفت (ḥazaft)	حذف (ḥazaf)		حذفنا (ḥazafna)	حذفتو (ḥazaftu)	حذفو (ḥazafu)
	f		حذفتي (ḥazafti)	حذفت (ḥazfat)
present	m	بحذف (baḥzif)	بتحذف (btiḥzif)	بحذف (biḥzif)		منحذف (mniḥzif)	بتحذفو (btiḥzifu)	بحذفو (biḥzifu)
	f		بتحذفي (btiḥzifi)	بتحذف (btiḥzif)
subjunctive	m	أحذف (ʔaḥzif)	تحذف (tiḥzif)	يحذف (yiḥzif)		نحذف (niḥzif)	تحذفو (tiḥzifu)	يحذفو (yiḥzifu)
	f		تحذفي (tiḥzifi)	تحذف (tiḥzif)
imperative	m		احذف (iḥzif)				احذفو (iḥzifu)
	f		احذفي (iḥzifi)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian حذف, from Arabic حَذْف (ḥaḏf)

Noun

حَذَف • (hazaf) ? (Hindi spelling हज़फ़)

1. delete