خفة

Arabic

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

 

Descendants

• Maltese: ħeffa