See also: تحلق and تخلق

Arabic edit

Root
خ ل ف (ḵ-l-f)

Verb edit

تَخَلَّفَ (taḵallafa) V, non-past يَتَخَلَّفُ‎ (yataḵallafu)

  1. to be late, to be behind, to lag behind [+عَن (object)]
  2. (of a culture or idea) to be backward

Conjugation edit

Noun edit

تَخَلُّف (taḵallufm

  1. verbal noun of تَخَلَّف (taḵallaf) (form V),
  2. (of a culture or an idea) backwardness
    Synonym: رَجْعِيَّة (rajʕiyya)
    Antonym: تَقَدُّم (taqaddum)

Declension edit

Descendants edit

  • Gulf Arabic: تخلف (taḵalluf)
  • Persian: تخلف (taxallof)

Verb edit

تَخْلُفُ (taḵlufu) (form I)

  1. second-person masculine singular non-past active indicative of خَلَفَ (ḵalafa)
  2. third-person feminine singular non-past active indicative of خَلَفَ (ḵalafa)

Verb edit

تَخْلُفَ (taḵlufa) (form I)

  1. second-person masculine singular non-past active subjunctive of خَلَفَ (ḵalafa)
  2. third-person feminine singular non-past active subjunctive of خَلَفَ (ḵalafa)

Verb edit

تَخْلُفْ (taḵluf) (form I)

  1. second-person masculine singular non-past active jussive of خَلَفَ (ḵalafa)
  2. third-person feminine singular non-past active jussive of خَلَفَ (ḵalafa)

Verb edit

تُخْلَفُ (tuḵlafu) (form I)

  1. second-person masculine singular non-past passive indicative of خَلَفَ (ḵalafa)
  2. third-person feminine singular non-past passive indicative of خَلَفَ (ḵalafa)

Verb edit

تُخْلَفَ (tuḵlafa) (form I)

  1. second-person masculine singular non-past passive subjunctive of خَلَفَ (ḵalafa)
  2. third-person feminine singular non-past passive subjunctive of خَلَفَ (ḵalafa)

Verb edit

تُخْلَفْ (tuḵlaf) (form I)

  1. second-person masculine singular non-past passive jussive of خَلَفَ (ḵalafa)
  2. third-person feminine singular non-past passive jussive of خَلَفَ (ḵalafa)

South Levantine Arabic edit

Root
خ ل ف
5 terms

Etymology edit

From Arabic تَخَلَّفَ (taḵallafa).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /txal.laf/, [ɪtˈxal.laf]
  • (file)

Verb edit

تخلّف (tḵallaf) V (present بتخلّف (bitḵallef))

  1. to be late
  2. to be backwards (in one's thinking)

Conjugation edit

    Conjugation of تخلّف (tḵallaf)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m تخلّفت (tḵallaft) تخلّفت (tḵallaft) تخلّف (tḵallaf) تخلّفنا (tḵallafna) تخلّفتو (tḵallaftu) تخلّفو (tḵallafu)
f تخلّفتي (tḵallafti) تخلّفت (tḵallafat)
present m بتخلّف (batḵallaf) بتتخلّف (btitḵallaf) بتخلّف (bitḵallaf) منتخلّف (mnitḵallaf) بتتخلّفو (btitḵallafu) بتخلّفو (bitḵallafu)
f بتتخلّفي (btitḵallafi) بتتخلّف (btitḵallaf)
subjunctive m اتخلّف (atḵallaf) تتخلّف (titḵallaf) يتخلّف (yitḵallaf) نتخلّف (nitḵallaf) تتخلّفو (titḵallafu) يتخلّفو (yitḵallafu)
f تتخلّفي (titḵallafi) تتخلّف (titḵallaf)
imperative m تخلّف (tḵallaf) تخلّفو (tḵallafu)
f تخلّفي (tḵallafi)