خاف

• IPA^(key): /xaː.fa/

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خَافَ • (ḵāfa) I (non-past يَخَافُ (yaḵāfu), verbal noun خَوْف (ḵawf) or مَخَافَة (maḵāfa) or خِيفَة (ḵīfa))

1. to fear, to be afraid of [with accusative or مِن (min) ‘someone/something’]

   Synonyms: خَشِيَ (ḵašiya), ذَعِرَ (ḏaʕira), رَهِبَ (rahiba), هَابَ (hāba)

   • 1973, Mahmoud Messadi, الدار التونسية للنشر, حدث أبو هريرة قال:

     قُلْتُ : إِنِّي أَخَافُ أَنْ يَكُونَ اِنْصِرَافًا لَيْسَ بَعْدَهُ عَوْد

     qultu : ʔinnī ʔaḵāfu ʔan yakūna inṣirāfan laysa baʕdahu ʕawd

     I said, "I am afraid that it'll be a departure [that] there is no, after it, a return".

2. to feel free or be scared for [+عَلَى (object)]

From Arabic خَافَ (ḵāfa).

خاف • (ḵāf) I (non-past يخاف (yiḵāf), verbal noun خوف (ḵōf))

1. to fear

• Hinds, Martin, Badawi, El-Said (1986) “خاف”, in A Dictionary of Egyptian Arabic‎^[1], Beirut: Librairie du Liban, page 269
• El Dik, Dina, Iskander, Emad (2021) Yalla! Let's Learn Egyptian Colloquial Arabic Verbs, Cairo: The American University in Cairo Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 43

From Arabic خَافَ (ḵāfa).

• IPA^(key): /xaːf/

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خاف • (ḵāf) I (non-past يخاف (yḵāf))

1. to fear

   Synonyms: فزع (fzaʕ), اتخلع (ettaḵlaʕ)

From Arabic خَافَ (ḵāfa).

• IPA^(key): /xaːf/, [xæːf]

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خاف • (ḵāf) I (present بخاف (biḵāf), active participle خايف (ḵāyef))

1. to be afraid or scared