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خَافَ

to fear

VerbForm IRoot خ-و-ف

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Present tense
يَخَافُ
Verbal nouns
خَوْف، مَخَافَة، خِيفَة
Active participle
Passive participle
مَخُوف

Most common words from the same root

Adjective
afraid
Adjective
frightening
Noun
fear
Verb · Form IV
to frighten
Noun
تَخْوِيف

خَافَ in English

Verb · Form I

  1. to fear, to be afraid of
    قُلْتُ : إِنِّي أَخَافُ أَنْ يَكُونَ اِنْصِرَافًا لَيْسَ بَعْدَهُ عَوْدI said, "I am afraid that it'll be a departure [that] there is no, after it, a return".1973, Mahmoud Messadi, الدار التونسية للنشر, حدث أبو هريرة قال
  2. to feel free or be scared for

Words from the root خ-و-ف

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خَافَ · present يَخَافُ

to fear, to be afraid of; to feel free or be scared for

Verbal noun
fear
مَخَافَة
Verbal noun
خِيفَة
Verbal noun
Active participle · Adjective
afraid
مَخُوف
Passive participle
خَوَّاف
Derived noun · Adjective
fearful
أَخَافَ · present يُخِيفُ
Form IV · Causative

to frighten

إِخَافَة
Verbal noun
Active participle · Adjective
frightening
مُخَاف
Passive participle
تَخَوَّفَ · present يَتَخَوَّفُ

to be afraid

تَخَوُّف
Verbal noun
مُتَخَوِّف
Active participle
مُتَخَوَّف
Passive participle
تَخْوِيف
Noun · m.
أَخْوَف
Adjective
elative degree of خَائِف

خَافَ conjugation

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

PronounPastPresentSubjunctiveJussiveImperative
أَنَا Iخِفْتُأَخَافُأَخَافَأَخَفْ—
أَنْتَ you (m.)خِفْتَتَخَافُتَخَافَتَخَفْخَفْ
أَنْتِ you (f.)خِفْتِتَخَافِينَتَخَافِيتَخَافِيخَافِي
هُوَ heخَافَيَخَافُيَخَافَيَخَفْ—
هِيَ sheخَافَتْتَخَافُتَخَافَتَخَفْ—
أَنْتُمَا you twoخِفْتُمَاتَخَافَانِتَخَافَاتَخَافَاخَافَا
هُمَا they two (m.)خَافَايَخَافَانِيَخَافَايَخَافَا—
هُمَا they two (f.)خَافَتَاتَخَافَانِتَخَافَاتَخَافَا—
نَحْنُ weخِفْنَانَخَافُنَخَافَنَخَفْ—
أَنْتُمْ you all (m.)خِفْتُمْتَخَافُونَتَخَافُواتَخَافُواخَافُوا
أَنْتُنَّ you all (f.)خِفْتُنَّتَخَفْنَتَخَفْنَتَخَفْنَخَفْنَ
هُمْ they (m.)خَافُوايَخَافُونَيَخَافُوايَخَافُوا—
هُنَّ they (f.)خِفْنَيَخَفْنَيَخَفْنَيَخَفْنَ—
Verbal nounخَوْف، مَخَافَة، خِيفَة
Active participleخَائِف
Passive participleمَخُوف

خَافَ in a sentence

Dictionary examples

to fear

قُلْتُ : إِنِّي أَخَافُ أَنْ يَكُونَ اِنْصِرَافًا لَيْسَ بَعْدَهُ عَوْدI said, "I am afraid that it'll be a departure [that] there is no, after it, a return".1973, Mahmoud Messadi, الدار التونسية للنشر, حدث أبو هريرة قال

From a fully vowelled text

فَقَالَ لَهُمْ: «أَنَا هُوَ، لاَ تَخَافُوا!».But he saith unto them, It is I; be not afraid.John 6:20, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
دَنَوْتَ يَوْمَ دَعَوْتُكَ. قُلْتَ: «لاَ تَخَفْ!».Thou drewest near in the day that I called upon thee: thou saidst, Fear not.Lamentations 3:57, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
لأَنَّ عِنْدَكَ الْمَغْفِرَةَ. لِكَيْ يُخَافَ مِنْكَ.But there is forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be feared.Psalms 130:4, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV

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