خلاء

Arabic

Root
خ ل و (ḵ l w)
12 terms

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /xa.laːʔ/
Rhymes: -aːʔ

Adjective

خَلَاء • (ḵalāʔ)

free, independent
empty

Declension

Declension of adjective **خَلَاء** (ḵalāʔ)
singular	masculine		feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	خَلَاء ḵalāʔ	الْخَلَاء al-ḵalāʔ	خَلَاءَة ḵalāʔa	الْخَلَاءَة al-ḵalāʔa
nominative	خَلَاءٌ ḵalāʔun	الْخَلَاءُ al-ḵalāʔu	خَلَاءَةٌ ḵalāʔatun	الْخَلَاءَةُ al-ḵalāʔatu
accusative	خَلَاءً ḵalāʔan	الْخَلَاءَ al-ḵalāʔa	خَلَاءَةً ḵalāʔatan	الْخَلَاءَةَ al-ḵalāʔata
genitive	خَلَاءٍ ḵalāʔin	الْخَلَاءِ al-ḵalāʔi	خَلَاءَةٍ ḵalāʔatin	الْخَلَاءَةِ al-ḵalāʔati
dual	masculine		feminine
dual	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	خَلَاءَيْن ḵalāʔayn	الْخَلَاءَيْن al-ḵalāʔayn	خَلَاءَتَيْن ḵalāʔatayn	الْخَلَاءَتَيْن al-ḵalāʔatayn
nominative	خَلَاءَانِ ḵalāʔāni	الْخَلَاءَانِ al-ḵalāʔāni	خَلَاءَتَانِ ḵalāʔatāni	الْخَلَاءَتَانِ al-ḵalāʔatāni
accusative	خَلَاءَيْنِ ḵalāʔayni	الْخَلَاءَيْنِ al-ḵalāʔayni	خَلَاءَتَيْنِ ḵalāʔatayni	الْخَلَاءَتَيْنِ al-ḵalāʔatayni
genitive	خَلَاءَيْنِ ḵalāʔayni	الْخَلَاءَيْنِ al-ḵalāʔayni	خَلَاءَتَيْنِ ḵalāʔatayni	الْخَلَاءَتَيْنِ al-ḵalāʔatayni
plural	masculine		feminine
	plural unknown		sound feminine plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	?	?	خَلَاءَات ḵalāʔāt	الْخَلَاءَات al-ḵalāʔāt
nominative	?	?	خَلَاءَاتٌ ḵalāʔātun	الْخَلَاءَاتُ al-ḵalāʔātu
accusative	?	?	خَلَاءَاتٍ ḵalāʔātin	الْخَلَاءَاتِ al-ḵalāʔāti
genitive	?	?	خَلَاءَاتٍ ḵalāʔātin	الْخَلَاءَاتِ al-ḵalāʔāti

Noun

خَلَاء • (ḵalāʔ) m

verbal noun of خَلَا (ḵalā) (form I)
empty space, void
privy

Declension

Declension of noun **خَلَاء** (ḵalāʔ)
singular	basic singular triptote
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	خَلَاء ḵalāʔ	الْخَلَاء al-ḵalāʔ	خَلَاء ḵalāʔ
nominative	خَلَاءٌ ḵalāʔun	الْخَلَاءُ al-ḵalāʔu	خَلَاءُ ḵalāʔu
accusative	خَلَاءً ḵalāʔan	الْخَلَاءَ al-ḵalāʔa	خَلَاءَ ḵalāʔa
genitive	خَلَاءٍ ḵalāʔin	الْخَلَاءِ al-ḵalāʔi	خَلَاءِ ḵalāʔi

References

Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “خلاء”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen

Persian

Alternative forms

خلأ (xala')

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic خَلَاء (ḵalāʔ).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /xa.ˈlaːʔ/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [xä.lɑ́ːʔ]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [xä.lɑ́ː]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [xä.lɔ́ː]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [xæ.lɒ́ːʔ]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [χä.lɔ́ʔ]

Readings
Classical reading^?	xalā'
Dari reading^?	xalā'
Iranian reading^?	xalâ'
Tajik reading^?	xalo'

Noun

خلاء • (xalâ')

(physics) vacuum; void
― xalâ'-e omid ― total lack of hope

― xalâ' 'âri az mâde ast. ― The vacuum is empty of matter.
privy; toilet