خفة

خفة

Arabic

Etymology

From the root خ ف ف‎ (ḵ-f-f).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xif.fa/

Noun

خِفَّة • (ḵiffa) f

1. verbal noun of خَفَّ‎ (ḵaffa) (form 1)
2. lightness (the state of having little weight)
3. agility, nimbleness, quickness

Declension

Declension of noun خِفَّة (ḵiffa)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	خِفَّة ḵiffa	الْخِفَّة‎ al-ḵiffa	خِفَّة ḵiffat
Nominative	خِفَّةٌ ḵiffatun	الْخِفَّةُ‎ al-ḵiffatu	خِفَّةُ ḵiffatu
Accusative	خِفَّةً ḵiffatan	الْخِفَّةَ‎ al-ḵiffata	خِفَّةَ ḵiffata
Genitive	خِفَّةٍ ḵiffatin	الْخِفَّةِ‎ al-ḵiffati	خِفَّةِ ḵiffati

Derived terms

• خِفَّة الْحَرَكَةِ‎ (ḵiffa(t) al-ḥarakati)
• خِفَّة الدَّمِ‎ (ḵiffa(t) ad-dami)
• خِفَّة الرُّوحِ‎ (ḵiffa(t) ar-rūḥi)
• خِفَّة الظِّلِّ‎ (ḵiffa(t) aẓ-ẓilli)
• خِفَّة الْعَقْلِ‎ (ḵiffa(t) al-ʿaqli)
• خِفَّة الْيَدِ‎ (ḵiffa(t) al-yadi)
• خِفَّة فِي الْحَرَكَةِ‎ (ḵiffa(t) fī l-ḥarakati)

 

Descendants

• Maltese: ħeffa