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خَافٌ خاف خافي A man very fearful or timorous; (S, K;) [and so, in the present day, ↓ خَوَّافٌ ; the former originally] of the measure فَعِلٌ, like فَرِقٌ and فَزِعٌ; and similar to صَاتٌ, meaning a man “ having a strong, or loud, voice: ” (S:) or i. q. ↓ خَائِفٌ : (TA:) accord. to Kh, it may be [originally خَاوِفٌ,] of the measure فَاعِلٌ, having the medial radical rejected; or [خَوْفٌ,] of the measure فَعْلٌ; and in either case, the dim. is [↓ خُوَيْفٌ ,] with و: so says Sb. (TA.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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