مخافة

See also: محاقة

Arabic

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ma.xaː.fa/

Noun

مَخَافَة • (maḵāfa) f (plural مَخَاوِف (maḵāwif))

verbal noun of خَافَ (ḵāfa) (form I)
رَأْسُ الْحِكْمَةِ مَخَافَةُ اللّٰهِ
raʔsu l-ḥikmati maḵāfatu allāhi
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- 10th century, Al-Mutanabbi
  وَمَنْ يُنْفِقِ السَّاعَاتِ فِي جَمْعِ مِالِهِ
  مَخَافَةَ فَقْرٍ فَٱلَّذِي فَعَلَ الْفَقْرُ
  waman yunfiqi s-sāʕāti fī jamʕi mi-l-ihi
  maḵāfata faqrin fa-llaḏī faʕala l-faqru
  Whoever spends hours accumulating wealth for fear of poverty, poverty is what they are actually doing.
fear

Declension

Declension of noun **مَخَافَة** (maḵāfa)
singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	مَخَافَة maḵāfa	الْمَخَافَة al-maḵāfa	مَخَافَة maḵāfat
nominative	مَخَافَةٌ maḵāfatun	الْمَخَافَةُ al-maḵāfatu	مَخَافَةُ maḵāfatu
accusative	مَخَافَةً maḵāfatan	الْمَخَافَةَ al-maḵāfata	مَخَافَةَ maḵāfata
genitive	مَخَافَةٍ maḵāfatin	الْمَخَافَةِ al-maḵāfati	مَخَافَةِ maḵāfati
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	مَخَافَتَيْن maḵāfatayn	الْمَخَافَتَيْن al-maḵāfatayn	مَخَافَتَيْ maḵāfatay
nominative	مَخَافَتَانِ maḵāfatāni	الْمَخَافَتَانِ al-maḵāfatāni	مَخَافَتَا maḵāfatā
accusative	مَخَافَتَيْنِ maḵāfatayni	الْمَخَافَتَيْنِ al-maḵāfatayni	مَخَافَتَيْ maḵāfatay
genitive	مَخَافَتَيْنِ maḵāfatayni	الْمَخَافَتَيْنِ al-maḵāfatayni	مَخَافَتَيْ maḵāfatay
plural	basic broken plural diptote
plural	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	مَخَاوِف maḵāwif	الْمَخَاوِف al-maḵāwif	مَخَاوِف maḵāwif
nominative	مَخَاوِفُ maḵāwifu	الْمَخَاوِفُ al-maḵāwifu	مَخَاوِفُ maḵāwifu
accusative	مَخَاوِفَ maḵāwifa	الْمَخَاوِفَ al-maḵāwifa	مَخَاوِفَ maḵāwifa
genitive	مَخَاوِفَ maḵāwifa	الْمَخَاوِفِ al-maḵāwifi	مَخَاوِفِ maḵāwifi