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اِخْتَفَى

to vanish

VerbForm VIIIRoot خ-ف-ي

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Present tense
يَخْتَفِي
Verbal noun
اِخْتِفَاء
Active participle
مُخْتَفٍ
Passive participle
مُخْتَفًى

Most common words from the same root

Verb · Form IV
أَخْفَى
to hide
Adjective
مَخْفِيّ
passive participle of خَفَى
Adjective
خَفِيّ
hidden
Adjective
مُتَخَفٍّ
disguised
Adjective
مُخْتَفٍ
disappearing
Noun
اِخْتِفَاء
disappearance

اِخْتَفَى in English

Verb · Form VIII

  1. to vanish, disappear, to go missing
  2. to be missing, to be absent
    .أزالت الأجهزة الأمنية بنغازي البناء العشوائي بالمدينة لتفاقم هذه الظاهرة ومحاولة لإعادة القانون الذي اختفى لفترة طويلةThe security organs in Banġāzī have torn down the planless buildings in the city because of aggravation of this phenomenon and in an attempt to restore law that has been missing for a long time.2017 October 17, “…أزالت الأجهزة الأمنية #بنغازي البناء العشوائي بالمدينة لتفاقم هذه”, in LibyaAkhbar.com, archived from the original on 17 Oct 2017

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

اِخْتَفَى conjugation

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

PronounPastPresentSubjunctiveJussiveImperative
أَنَا Iاِخْتَفَيْتُأَخْتَفِيأَخْتَفِيَأَخْتَفِ—
أَنْتَ you (m.)اِخْتَفَيْتَتَخْتَفِيتَخْتَفِيَتَخْتَفِاِخْتَفِ
أَنْتِ you (f.)اِخْتَفَيْتِتَخْتَفِينَتَخْتَفِيتَخْتَفِياِخْتَفِي
هُوَ heاِخْتَفَىيَخْتَفِييَخْتَفِيَيَخْتَفِ—
هِيَ sheاِخْتَفَتْتَخْتَفِيتَخْتَفِيَتَخْتَفِ—
أَنْتُمَا you twoاِخْتَفَيْتُمَاتَخْتَفِيَانِتَخْتَفِيَاتَخْتَفِيَااِخْتَفِيَا
هُمَا they two (m.)اِخْتَفَيَايَخْتَفِيَانِيَخْتَفِيَايَخْتَفِيَا—
هُمَا they two (f.)اِخْتَفَتَاتَخْتَفِيَانِتَخْتَفِيَاتَخْتَفِيَا—
نَحْنُ weاِخْتَفَيْنَانَخْتَفِينَخْتَفِيَنَخْتَفِ—
أَنْتُمْ you all (m.)اِخْتَفَيْتُمْتَخْتَفُونَتَخْتَفُواتَخْتَفُوااِخْتَفُوا
أَنْتُنَّ you all (f.)اِخْتَفَيْتُنَّتَخْتَفِينَتَخْتَفِينَتَخْتَفِينَاِخْتَفِينَ
هُمْ they (m.)اِخْتَفَوْايَخْتَفُونَيَخْتَفُوايَخْتَفُوا—
هُنَّ they (f.)اِخْتَفَيْنَيَخْتَفِينَيَخْتَفِينَيَخْتَفِينَ—
Verbal nounاِخْتِفَاء
Active participleمُخْتَفٍ
Passive participleمُخْتَفًى

اِخْتَفَى in a sentence

Dictionary examples

to be missing

.أزالت الأجهزة الأمنية بنغازي البناء العشوائي بالمدينة لتفاقم هذه الظاهرة ومحاولة لإعادة القانون الذي اختفى لفترة طويلةThe security organs in Banġāzī have torn down the planless buildings in the city because of aggravation of this phenomenon and in an attempt to restore law that has been missing for a long time.2017 October 17, “…أزالت الأجهزة الأمنية #بنغازي البناء العشوائي بالمدينة لتفاقم هذه”, in LibyaAkhbar.com, archived from the original on 17 Oct 2017

From a fully vowelled text

فَانْفَتَحَتْ أَعْيُنُهُمَا وَعَرَفَاهُ ثُمَّ اخْتَفَى عَنْهُمَا،And their eyes were opened, and they knew him; and he vanished out of their sight.Luke 24:31, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
صَوْتُ الشُّرَفَاءِ اخْتَفَى، وَلَصِقَتْ أَلْسِنَتُهُمْ بِأَحْنَاكِهِمْ.The nobles held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth.Job 29:10, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
إِنَّمَا أَمْرَيْنِ لاَ تَفْعَلْ بِي، فَحِينَئِذٍ لاَ أَخْتَفِي مِنْ حَضْرَتِكَ.Only do not two things unto me: then will I not hide myself from thee.Job 13:20, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV

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