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خَافِتٌ خاف خافت خافتت A voice becoming still, or silent; or low, or suppressed; as also ↓ خَفِيتٌ . (A.) You say ↓ صَوْتٌ خَفِيضٌ خَفِيتٌ . (TA.) ― -b2- One whose voice is still, or silent, by reason of his weakness. (Har p. 76.) Applied to a dying man, Ceasing to speak; silent. (S.) ― -b3- سَحَابٌ خَافِتٌ Clouds in which is no water. (Aboo-Sa'eed, K.) A cloud like these does not move from its place: only that which contains water travels along: that which sends forth a slightly-flashing lightning scarcely ever, or never, does so. (Aboo-Sa'eed.) ― -b4- زَرْعٌ خَافِتٌ (tropical:) Dying, or dead, seedproduce: (A:) or seed-produce that has not grown tall: (Msb, * K, TA:) or that has not attained the full height. (TA.) The weak believer is likened, in a trad., to خَافِتُ الزَّرْعِ, (A, TA,) which at one time inclines, and at another time stands straight; accord. to A 'Obeyd, خافت meaning what is fresh, or juicy, and soft, or tender: or, accord. to one reading, to خَافِتَةُ الزَّرْعِ, meaning fresh, or juicy, seed-produce, that is soft, or tender, and weak; the ة being added in خافته as though by زرع were meant سُنْبُلَة. (TA.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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