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أَخْفَى

to hide

VerbForm IVRoot خ-ف-ي

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Present tense
يُخْفِي
Verbal noun
إِخْفَاء
Active participle
مُخْفٍ
Passive participle
مُخْفًى

Most common words from the same root

Verb · Form VIII
اِخْتَفَى
to vanish
Adjective
مَخْفِيّ
passive participle of خَفَى
Adjective
خَفِيّ
hidden
Adjective
مُتَخَفٍّ
disguised
Adjective
مُخْتَفٍ
disappearing
Noun
اِخْتِفَاء
disappearance

أَخْفَى in English

Verb · Form IV

  1. to hide, to conceal
    مَا ٱلَّذِي تُخْفِيهِ عَنِّي؟What are you hiding from me?
  2. to shelter
  3. to keep secret
  4. to disguise

Words from the root خ-ف-ي

Arabic verbs come in forms; each form's nouns are listed under its verb. See the whole root on one page →

خَفَى · present يَخْفِي
Form I · The plain action

to hide; to disappear, to become imperceptible; to appear, come out into the open, become apparent

خَفْي
Verbal noun
خَافٍ
Active participle
مَخْفِيّ
Passive participle · Adjective
passive participle of خَفَى
خَفِيَ · present يَخْفَى
Form I · The plain action

to be hidden; to be unbeknown; to vanish, to hide oneself

خَفَاء
Verbal noun
خِفْيَة
Verbal noun
خُفْيَة
Verbal noun
secret
خَفِيّ
Active participle · Adjective
hidden
خَافٍ
Active participle
مَخْفِيّ
Passive participle
أَخْفَى · present يُخْفِي
Form IV · Causative

to hide, to conceal; to shelter; to keep secret

إِخْفَاء
Verbal noun
hiding
مُخْفٍ
Active participle
مُخْفًى
Passive participle
تَخَفَّى · present يَتَخَفَّى
Form V · Reflexive of Form II

to hide oneself

تَخَفٍّ
Verbal noun
مُتَخَفٍّ
Active participle · Adjective
disguised
مُتَخَفًّى
Passive participle
اِخْتَفَى · present يَخْتَفِي
Form VIII · Reflexive, often idiomatic

to vanish, disappear, to go missing; to be missing, to be absent

اِخْتِفَاء
Verbal noun
disappearance
مُخْتَفٍ
Active participle · Adjective
disappearing
مُخْتَفًى
Passive participle
اِسْتَخْفَى · present يَسْتَخْفِي
Form X · Seeking or considering

to vanish, to become invisible; to be hidden; to hide

اِسْتِخْفَاء
Verbal noun
مُسْتَخْفٍ
Active participle
مُسْتَخْفًى
Passive participle
أَخْفَى
Adjective
elative degree of خَفِيّ
خَفِيَّة
Noun · f.
secret
خُفْيَةً
Adverb
in secrecy

أَخْفَى conjugation

Active voice. Present, subjunctive and jussive are the three moods of the non-past.

PronounPastPresentSubjunctiveJussiveImperative
أَنَا Iأَخْفَيْتُأُخْفِيأُخْفِيَأُخْفِ—
أَنْتَ you (m.)أَخْفَيْتَتُخْفِيتُخْفِيَتُخْفِأَخْفِ
أَنْتِ you (f.)أَخْفَيْتِتُخْفِينَتُخْفِيتُخْفِيأَخْفِي
هُوَ heأَخْفَىيُخْفِييُخْفِيَيُخْفِ—
هِيَ sheأَخْفَتْتُخْفِيتُخْفِيَتُخْفِ—
أَنْتُمَا you twoأَخْفَيْتُمَاتُخْفِيَانِتُخْفِيَاتُخْفِيَاأَخْفِيَا
هُمَا they two (m.)أَخْفَيَايُخْفِيَانِيُخْفِيَايُخْفِيَا—
هُمَا they two (f.)أَخْفَتَاتُخْفِيَانِتُخْفِيَاتُخْفِيَا—
نَحْنُ weأَخْفَيْنَانُخْفِينُخْفِيَنُخْفِ—
أَنْتُمْ you all (m.)أَخْفَيْتُمْتُخْفُونَتُخْفُواتُخْفُواأَخْفُوا
أَنْتُنَّ you all (f.)أَخْفَيْتُنَّتُخْفِينَتُخْفِينَتُخْفِينَأَخْفِينَ
هُمْ they (m.)أَخْفَوْايُخْفُونَيُخْفُوايُخْفُوا—
هُنَّ they (f.)أَخْفَيْنَيُخْفِينَيُخْفِينَيُخْفِينَ—
Verbal nounإِخْفَاء
Active participleمُخْفٍ
Passive participleمُخْفًى

أَخْفَى in a sentence

Dictionary examples

to hide

مَا ٱلَّذِي تُخْفِيهِ عَنِّي؟What are you hiding from me?

From a fully vowelled text

فَقَالَ الرَّبُّ: «هَلْ أُخْفِي عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ مَا أَنَا فَاعِلُهُ،And the LORD said, Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I do;Genesis 18:17, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
إِذْ أُخْفِيَتْ عَنْ عُيُونِ كُلِّ حَيٍّ، وَسُتِرَتْ عَنْ طَيْرِ السَّمَاءِ.Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the fowls of the air.Job 28:21, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
فَخِفْتُ وَمَضَيْتُ وَأَخْفَيْتُ وَزْنَتَكَ فِي الأَرْضِ. هُوَذَا الَّذِي لَكَ.And I was afraid, and went and hid thy talent in the earth: lo, there thou hast that is thine.Matthew 25:25, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV

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