خلاء

Arabic

Adjective

خَلَاء • (ḵalāʔ)

1. free, independent
2. empty

Declension

Declension of adjective خَلَاء (ḵalāʔ)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	خَلَاء ḵalāʔ	الْخَلَاء al-ḵalāʔ	خَلَاءَة ḵalāʔa	الْخَلَاءَة al-ḵalāʔa
Nominative	خَلَاءٌ ḵalāʔun	الْخَلَاءُ al-ḵalāʔu	خَلَاءَةٌ ḵalāʔatun	الْخَلَاءَةُ al-ḵalāʔatu
Accusative	خَلَاءً ḵalāʔan	الْخَلَاءَ al-ḵalāʔa	خَلَاءَةً ḵalāʔatan	الْخَلَاءَةَ al-ḵalāʔata
Genitive	خَلَاءٍ ḵalāʔin	الْخَلَاءِ al-ḵalāʔi	خَلَاءَةٍ ḵalāʔatin	الْخَلَاءَةِ al-ḵalāʔati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	خَلَاءَيْن ḵalāʔayn	الْخَلَاءَيْن al-ḵalāʔayn	خَلَاءَتَيْن ḵalāʔatayn	الْخَلَاءَتَيْن al-ḵalāʔatayn
Nominative	خَلَاءَانِ ḵalāʔāni	الْخَلَاءَانِ al-ḵalāʔāni	خَلَاءَتَانِ ḵalāʔatāni	الْخَلَاءَتَانِ al-ḵalāʔatāni
Accusative	خَلَاءَيْنِ ḵalāʔayni	الْخَلَاءَيْنِ al-ḵalāʔayni	خَلَاءَتَيْنِ ḵalāʔatayni	الْخَلَاءَتَيْنِ al-ḵalāʔatayni
Genitive	خَلَاءَيْنِ ḵalāʔayni	الْخَلَاءَيْنِ al-ḵalāʔayni	خَلَاءَتَيْنِ ḵalāʔatayni	الْخَلَاءَتَيْنِ al-ḵalāʔatayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	plural unknown		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	? ?	? ?	خَلَاءَات ḵalāʔāt	الْخَلَاءَات al-ḵalāʔāt
Nominative	? ?	? ?	خَلَاءَاتٌ ḵalāʔātun	الْخَلَاءَاتُ al-ḵalāʔātu
Accusative	? ?	? ?	خَلَاءَاتٍ ḵalāʔātin	الْخَلَاءَاتِ al-ḵalāʔāti
Genitive	? ?	? ?	خَلَاءَاتٍ ḵalāʔātin	الْخَلَاءَاتِ al-ḵalāʔāti

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “خلاء”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen

Noun

خَلَاء • (ḵalāʔ) m

1. verbal noun of خَلَا (ḵalā) (form I)
2. empty space, void
3. privy

Declension

Declension of noun خَلَاء (ḵalāʔ)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	خَلَاء ḵalāʔ	الْخَلَاء al-ḵalāʔ	خَلَاء ḵalāʔ
Nominative	خَلَاءٌ ḵalāʔun	الْخَلَاءُ al-ḵalāʔu	خَلَاءُ ḵalāʔu
Accusative	خَلَاءً ḵalāʔan	الْخَلَاءَ al-ḵalāʔa	خَلَاءَ ḵalāʔa
Genitive	خَلَاءٍ ḵalāʔin	الْخَلَاءِ al-ḵalāʔi	خَلَاءِ ḵalāʔi

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “خلاء”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[2], London: W.H. Allen

Persian

Alternative forms

• خلأ (xala')

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic خَلَاء (ḵalāʔ).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [xa.ˈlɑːʔ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [xä.lɑ́ːʔ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [xä.lɑ́ːʔ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [xä.lɑ́ː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [xä.lɔ́ː]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [xæ.lɒ́ːʔ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [χä.lɔ́ʔ]

Readings
Classical reading?	xalā'
Dari reading?	xalā'
Iranian reading?	xalâ'
Tajik reading?	xaloʾ

Noun

خلاء • (xalâ')

1. (physics) vacuum; void

   خلاء امید ― xalâ'-e omid ― total lack of hope

   خلاء عاری از ماده است.

   xalâ' 'âri az mâde ast.

   The vacuum is empty of matter.

2. privy; toilet