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1 خَفَتَ خاف خف خفى خفت خفتت , (S, A, Msb, K,) aor. خَفِتَ , (Msb,) inf. n. خُفُوتٌ (S, A, K) and خَفْتٌ (Msb, TA) and خُفَاتٌ, (TA,) It (the voice, S, A, Msb) was, or became, still, (S, K,) or silent; (A;) was, or became, low, (Msb,) or soft, or gentle, or slender; and became weak, by reason of vehement hunger. (TA.) ― -b2- Hence, said of a dying man, He ceased speaking; (S;) he was, or became, silent; (S, A, K;) he spoke not. (A.) ― -b3- And [hence,] خَفَتَ, (A, TA,) inf. n. خُفُوتٌ. (assumed tropical:) He died: (A, TA:) and خَفَتَ, inf. n. خُفَاتٌ, (tropical:) he died suddenly; (AA, S, K, TA;) as also مَاتَ خُفَاتًا. (A.) And the latter, i. e. خَفَتَ inf. n. خُفَاتٌ, accord. to AM, (assumed tropical:) He was, or became, weak, and abject, or abased. (TA.) ― -b4- خَفْتٌ also signifies The speaking with a suppressed voice; and so ↓ تَخَافُتٌ , (S, K, TA,) and ↓ مُخَافَتَةٌ . (K, TA.) And you say, خَفَتَ بِصَوْتِهِ, (Msb,) and بِهِ ↓ خافت , (TA,) He lowered his voice; spoke with a low voice. (Msb, TA.) And خَفَتَ بِقِرَآءَتِهِ; (TA;) and بِهَا ↓ خافت , (A, Msb,) inf. n. مُخَافَتَةٌ; (Msb;) and ↓ قَرَأَمُخَافَتَةً ; (TA;) He lowered his voice in his reading or reciting; read, or recited, with a low voice: (A, Msb, TA:) or the second of these signifies he read, or recited, indistinctly, not with raised voice. (Lth, TA.) ― -b5- خَفَتَ, said of seed-produce, (assumed tropical:) It was, or became, such as is termed خَافِتٌ [explained below]. (Msb.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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