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خ-ف-ف

The Arabic root خ-ف-ف (kh-f-f)

Form I verb خَفَّ: to be lightweight

11 words in the dictionary are built from خ-ف-ف, including verbs in Forms I, II, V, X. Each verb is listed with the nouns that come from it: its verbal noun (masdar), its participles, and words derived from it.

Most common

Adjective
light
Verb · Form II
خَفَّفَ
to lighten
Verb · Form I
خَفَّ
to be lightweight
Noun
تَخْفِيف
alleviation
Verb · Form X
اِسْتَخَفَّ
to belittle
Noun
خِفَّة
lightness

Verbs and the nouns that come from them

خَفَّ · present يَخِفُّ
Form I · The plain action

to be lightweight; to become lighter in weight, to lose weight; to decrease, to abate, to lessen

خِفَّة
Verbal noun
lightness
خَافّ
Active participle
مَخْفُوف
Passive participle
Derived noun
light
اَلْخَفِيف
Derived noun
a type of poetic meter
خَفَّفَ · present يُخَفِّفُ
Form II · Causative or intensive

to lighten, to make lighter; to ease; to diminish, to reduce

تَخْفِيف
Verbal noun
alleviation
مُخَفِّف
Active participle
مُخَفَّف
Passive participle
lightened
تَخَفَّفَ · present يَتَخَفَّفُ
Form V · Reflexive of Form II

to dress lightly; to disburden, relieve oneself (of a burden); to rid, free oneself

تَخَفُّف
Verbal noun
مُتَخَفِّف
Active participle
مُتَخَفَّف
Passive participle
اِسْتَخَفَّ · present يَسْتَخِفُّ
Form X · Seeking or considering

to belittle, to take lightly, to flout, to make light of; to find (something) light (not heavy)

اِسْتِخْفَاف
Verbal noun
belittling
مُسْتَخِفّ
Active participle
مُسْتَخَفّ
Passive participle

Other nouns and adjectives

أَخَفّ
Adjective
elative degree of خَفِيف

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