Arabic

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Etymology 1

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Root
خ ف ض (ḵ f ḍ)
7 terms

Derived from the active participle of اِنْخَفَضَ (inḵafaḍa, to be lowered, to sink); compare خَفَضَ (ḵafaḍa, to lower).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /mun.xa.fidˤ/
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Adjective

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مُنْخَفِض (munḵafiḍ) (feminine مُنْخَفِضَة (munḵafiḍa), masculine plural مُنْخَفِضُونَ (munḵafiḍūna), feminine plural مُنْخَفِضَات (munḵafiḍāt))

  1. low (altitude, frequency, price, etc.)
    الْأَرَاضِي الْمُنْخَفِضَةal-ʔarāḍī l-munḵafiḍaNetherlands
  2. soft, low, subdued, muffled
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Etymology 2

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Noun of place of اِنْخَفَضَ (inḵafaḍa, to be lowered, to sink), in the form of the passive participle, from the root خ ف ض (ḵ f ḍ); compare خَفَضَ (ḵafaḍa, to lower).

Noun

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مُنْخَفَض (munḵafaḍm (plural مُنْخَفَضَات (munḵafaḍāt))

  1. (geology) depression, low ground
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