See also: حفي, حقي, and خفی

Arabic edit

Root
خ ف ي (ḵ-f-y)

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

خَفِيَ (ḵafiya) I, non-past يَخْفَى‎ (yaḵfā)

  1. to be hidden
  2. to be unbeknown
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 3:5:
      إِنَّ اللَّٰهَ لَا يَخْفَى عَلَيْهِ شَيْءٌ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَلَا فِي السَّمَاءِ
      ʔinna llāha lā yaḵfā ʕalayhi šayʔun fī l-ʔarḍi walā fī s-samāʔi
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  3. to vanish, to hide oneself

Conjugation edit

Adjective edit

خَفِيّ (ḵafiyy) (feminine خَفِيَّة (ḵafiyya), masculine plural خَفِيُّونَ (ḵafiyyūna) or أَخْفِيَاء (ʔaḵfiyāʔ), feminine plural خَفِيَّات (ḵafiyyāt) or خَفَايَا (ḵafāyā))

  1. hidden, invisible, unseen
  2. mysterious, secret, covert, surreptitious

Declension edit

Descendants edit

  • Ottoman Turkish: خفی (hafi)