See also: حرف, خرق, حرق, and خ ر ق

Arabic edit

Root
خ ر ف (ḵ-r-f)

Verb edit

خَرَفَ (ḵarafa) I, non-past يَخْرُفُ‎ (yaḵrufu)

  1. to pluck off from the top

Conjugation edit

Verb edit

خَرِفَ (ḵarifa) I, non-past يَخْرَفُ‎ (yaḵrafu)

  1. to be senile, to dote
  2. to lose fruits

Conjugation edit

Verb edit

خَرَّفَ (ḵarrafa) II, non-past يُخَرِّفُ‎ (yuḵarrifu)

  1. to blather, to natter senile stuff
  2. to call somebody senile

Conjugation edit

Noun edit

خَرَف (ḵarafm

  1. verbal noun of خَرِفَ (ḵarifa) (form I)
  2. (medicine) dementia
  3. dates of lowest quality

Declension edit

Adjective edit

خَرِف (ḵarif) (feminine خَرِفَة (ḵarifa), masculine plural خَرِفُونَ (ḵarifūna), feminine plural خَرِفَات (ḵarifāt))

  1. senile, dotardly

Declension edit

References edit

  • Freytag, Georg (1830) “خرف”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum[1] (in Latin), volume 1, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 478
  • Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860) “خرف”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc[2] (in French), volume 1, Paris: Maisonneuve et Cie, pages 561–562

Persian edit

Etymology edit

From Arabic خَرَف (ḵaraf).

Adjective edit

خرف (xaraf)

  1. senile

Derived terms edit

South Levantine Arabic edit

Root
خ ر ف
6 terms

Etymology edit

From Arabic خَرَّفَ (ḵarrafa).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /xar.raf/, [ˈxar.raf]
  • (file)

Verb edit

خرّف (ḵarraf) II (present بخرّف (biḵarref))

  1. to rant, to recount, to tell
    خرّفنا شو صار معك!
    ḵarrefna šū ṣār maʕak!
    Tell us what happened to you!

Conjugation edit

    Conjugation of خرّف (ḵarraf)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m خرّفت (ḵarraft) خرّفت (ḵarraft) خرّف (ḵarraf) خرّفنا (ḵarrafna) خرّفتو (ḵarraftu) خرّفو (ḵarrafu)
f خرّفتي (ḵarrafti) خرّفت (ḵarrafat)
present m بخرّف (baḵarref) بتخرّف (bitḵarref) بخرّف (biḵarref) منخرّف (minḵarref) بتخرّفو (bitḵarrfu) بخرّفو (biḵarrfu)
f بتخرّفي (bitḵarrfi) بتخرّف (bitḵarref)
subjunctive m اخرّف (aḵarref) تخرّف (tḵarref) يخرّف (yḵarref) نخرّف (nḵarref) تخرّفو (tḵarrfu) يخرّفو (yḵarrfu)
f تخرّفي (tḵarrfi) تخرّف (tḵarref)
imperative m خرّف (ḵarref) خرّفو (ḵarrfu)
f خرّفي (ḵarrfi)