خف
ى
1 خَفِىَ, (
Mgh,
Msb,
K,)
aor. ـْ (
Msb,
K,)
inf. n. خَفَآءٌ, (
Mgh,
Msb,
K,) has two
contr. significations: (
Mgh,
Msb:) It was, or became, unperceived or imperceptible, [or hardly perceived or perceptible, by any of the senses, or only by the eye or ear, or by the mind; mostly] unapparent, or not apparent; (
K;) [latent; obscure;] hidden, concealed, or covered; (
Mgh,
Msb;) [or unconspicuous; but also faint, or dim, to the sight; suppressed, or stifled, said of the voice; or low, faint, gentle, or soft, to the ear; and obscure to the mind, abstruse, recondite, occult, or covert; and secret, private, or clandestine:] and the
contr., i. e. it appeared; it was, or became, apparent, open, manifest, plain, or evident; (
Mgh,
Msb;) [as also ↓ استخفى: (see مُسْتَخْفٍ, below:)] or,
accord. to some, the
particle that connects it with its subject distinguishes one meaning from the other: (
Msb:) you say, خَفِى
عَلَيْهِ,
aor. and
inf. n. as above, (
S,
Mgh,
Msb,
TA,) it (a thing, or an affair,
Mgh) was, or became, unperceived or imperceptible, [&c., by him;] unapparent, or not apparent, [or obscure, &c., to him;] (
TA;) or hidden, or concealed, from him: (
Mgh,
Msb:) and خَفِىَ لَهُ it appeared to him; it was, or became, perceptible, apparent, open, &c., to him: [but see what follows:] (
Mgh,
Msb:) whence the sayings of Mohammad, [
app. the Hanafee Imám,] referring to spoils, فَخَفِى
لَهُمْ أَنْ يَذْهَبُوا بِهَا وَيَكْتُمُوهَا أَهْلَ الشِّرْكِ, i. e. It appeared [to them that they should go away with them, or take them away, and conceal them from the believers in a plurality of gods], and خَفِىَ لَهُمْ أَنْ يُخْرِجُوهَا إِلَى دَارِ الإِسْلَامِ [It appeared to them that they should take them forth to the territory of El-Islám]: but this is said only in relation to that which appears from a state of concealment or from a hidden quarter. (
Mgh.) [Hence,] بَرِحَ الخَفَآءُ The affair, or case, became manifest: (
S,
K:) or the state of concealment departed, or ceased; but the former explanation is better: or, as some say, ↓ الخَفَآءُ here signifies the secret; and the meaning is, the secret became apparent: (
TA:) or,
lit., the low ground became high and apparent; meaning (assumed
tropical:) what was concealed became revealed. (
Har pp. 133-4. [See also art. برح.]) [And عَلَى خَفَآءٍ means Covertly, secretly, privately, stealthily, or clandestinely. (See also what follows.)]
b2: خَفِيتُ لَهُ,
aor. ـَ (
K,)
inf. n. خُفْيَةٌ and خِفْيَةٌ (
Msb,
K) and خِفْوَةٌ, (
K,) the ى and و being interchangeable, (
TA,) signifies ↓ اِخْتَفَيْتُ [i. e. I made myself unapparent to him, lurked, or lay hid or in ambush, for him; cloaked, or disguised, myself to him; hid, or concealed, myself from him]: (
K:) [for] اختفى signifies he hid, or concealed, himself, (
Fr, * El-
Fárábee,
JK, *
Msb,
K,) مِنْهُ from him; (
TA;) as also ↓ استخفى, (
Fr, *
JK, *
Msb,
K,) and ↓ اخفى, (
IAar,
K,) and ↓ تخفّى also is
syn. with اختفى [in this sense]: (
Z,
TA:) or you say, ↓ اِسْتَخْفَيْتُ مِنْكَ, meaning I hid, or concealed, myself from thee; but not ↓ اِخْتَفَيْتُ: (
IKt,
Th,
S,
Msb:) or ↓ اختفى in the sense of خَفِىَ is not of high authority, nor is it disallowed, (
Az,
Msb,
TA,) but ↓ استخفى is more usual. (
Az,
TA.) Yousay, فَعَلْتُهُ خُفْيَةً and خِفْيَةً [I did it covertly, secretly, privately, stealthily, or clandestinely]. (
Msb) And قُتِلَ خفْيَةً and خِفْوَةً [He was slain covertly, secretly, &c.]. (
JK.) And يَأْكُلُهُ خِفْوَةً
[
lit. He eats it covertly, &c.,] means he steals it. (
K.) In the saying in the
Kur [vii. 53], اُدْعُو رَـ
ـبَّكُمْ تَضَرُّعًا وَخُفْيَةً, the meaning [of the last word] is, Submissively, devoting yourselves to his service: or,
accord. to
Zj, adhering to his service in your minds: or,
accord. to
Th, celebrating Him in your minds: or,
accord. to
Lh, in quietness, and stillness: (
TA:) or secretly; and so in the similar passage in the
Kur vi. 63. (
Jel, and so
Bd on this latter passage.) خُفْيَةٌ is from أَخْفَيْتُ الصَّوْتَ [explained below in this paragraph]: (
JK:) the
intrans. v. whereof is ↓ اختفى [signifying It (the voice) was, or became, suppressed, or stifled; or low, faint, gentle, or soft; like خَفِىَ, which is more common]. (
Lth,
TA.)
A2: خَفَاهُ,
aor. ـْ (
JK,
S,
Msb,
K,)
inf. n. خَفْىٌ (
JK,
Msb, *
K) and خُفِىٌّ, (
K,) also has two
contr. significations: (
S,
Msb,
TA:) He made it perceptible, apparent, open, manifest, plain, or evident: (
JK,
S,
Msb,
K:) and he hid, or concealed, or covered, it; (
S,
Msb,
K; [in this latter sense, erroneously written in the
CK خَفّاهُ;]) as also ↓ اخفاهُ: (
S,
K:) or,
accord. to some, this latter has the latter meaning; and the former verb has [only] the former meaning: but
accord. to other, the reverse is the case: (
Msb:) or,
accord. to Aboo-' Alee El-
Kálee, the former verb has the former meaning only; and ↓ the latter verb has both meanings: (
IB,
TA:) ↓ the latter is also explained as signifying he removed its خِفَآء, i. e. its covering: (
TA:) and the former, as meaning he made it to come forth from a state of concealment: (
JK:) and he drew it forth; (
K;) as also ↓ اختفاهُ. (
S,
Msb,
K.) One says, خَفَى المَطَرُ الفَأْرَ The rain made the rats, or mice, to come forth from their holes. (
S.) It is said in the
Kur [xx. 15], إِنَّ السَّاعَةَ آتِيَةٌ أَكَادُ
أَخْفِيهَا, (
JK,
TA,) or ↓ أُخْفِيهَا, (
JK,
S,
TA,)
accord. to different readers: (
TA:) the former means [Verily the hour of the resurrection is coming:] I am almost making it to appear: (
JK,
TA:) and the latter, I am almost removing that which conceals it: (
S,
IJ,
TA:) or I almost conceal it: (
JK,
TA:) or, as Ubeí reads it, أَكَادُ أُخْفِيهَا مِنْ نَفْسى [I almost conceal it from Myself]: and
Fr says [that the meaning is], I almost conceal it from Myself, and how then should I acquaint you therewith? (
TA.) and it is said in a
trad. respecting the flight [from Mekkeh], اخفى عَنَّا خَبَرَكَ [written without the vowel-signs, so that it may be اِخْفِى or ↓ أَخْفِى,] i. e. Conceal thou thine information from such as may ask thee respecting us. (
TA.) And in another
trad., كَانَ يَخْفِى صَوْتَهُ بِأَنِينٍ, thus with fet-h to the ى, meaning He used to make his voice perceptible [or audible, with moaning]. (
TA.) And you say, الصَّوْتَ ↓ أَخْفَيْتُ [meaning I suppressed, or stifled, the voice; or made it low, faint, gentle, or soft]. (
Lth,
JK,
TA.) [and الكَلَامَ ↓ اخفى He uttered speech, or the speech, in a low, faint, gentle, or soft, tone; he spoke in a low, faint, gentle, or soft, manner;
lit. he made speech, or the speech, to be low, &c.]
A3: خَفَى,
aor. ـْ and خَفِىَ,
aor. ـْ
inf. n. of each خَفْىٌ; said of lightning: see خَفَا, in art. خفو.
4 أَخْفَىَ as an
intrans. v.: see 1, in the former half of the paragraph, near the middle.
A2: As a
trans. v.: see 1, in seven places, in the latter half of the paragraph.
5 تَخَفَّىَ see 1, in the former half of the paragraph, near the middle.
8 إِخْتَفَىَ as an
intrans. v.: see 1, in four places.
b2: اِخْتَفَى, said of a man, [if it be not a mistranscription for اُخْتُفِىَ, like اُخْتُفِىَ دَمُهُ,] signifies also He was slain covertly, secretly, or clandestinely. (
JK.)
A2: As a
trans. v.: see 1.
b2: Yousay also اختفى مَيِّتًا He drew forth a dead body from the grave, to steal the grave-clothes. (
TA.)
b3: And اختفى البِئْرَ He dug, or cleared out, the well. (
Msb.)
b4: And اختفى دَمَهُ He slew him without its being known. (
K.) 10 إِسْتَخْفَىَ see 1, in four places, in the former half of the paragraph.
خَفًا [more properly written خَفًى] A thing that is unperceived or imperceptible, [or hardly perceived or perceptible,] unapparent, or not apparent; [latent; obscure; &c.; (see 1, first sentence;)] (
JK,
K;) as also ↓ خَافِيَةٌ and ↓ خَافٍ [for شَىْءٌ خَافٍ, the explanation in the
JK]. (
K.) [See also خَفَآءٌ.]
خَفَِى البَطْنِ A man lank in the belly. (
IAar,
TA.) خَفَآءٌ
inf. n. of خَفِىَ. (
Mgh,
Msb,
K.)
b2: Also A thing that is unperceived or imperceptible [&c. (see خَفًا)] by one; unapparent, or not apparent. [latent, or obscure,,] to one; or hidden, or concealed, from one. (
TA.) A secret: so,
accord. to some, in the phrase بَرِحَ الخَفَآءُ mentioned above: see 1, in the former half of the paragraph. (
TA.) And [in the same phrase,
accord. to some,] Low, or depressed, ground. (
TA.) خِفَآءٌ A [garment of the kind called] رِدَآء, which a woman wears over her other clothes: (
Lth,
JK:) or a [garment of the kind called] كِسَآء: (
S,
K:) and any covering of a thing, (
Lth,
JK, *) whatever it be with which one covers a thing, such as a كساء and the like: (
Lth:)
pl. أَخْفِيَةٌ. (
Lth,
JK,
S,
K.)
b2: [Hence,] أَخْفِيَةُ النَّوْرِ The calyxes of flowers: (
K:)
sing. as above. (
TA.)
b3: and أَخْفِيَةُ الكَرَا [The coverings of drowsiness; meaning] the eyes. (
K.) خَفِىٌّ
i. q. ↓ خَافٍ; (
S,
K;) applied to a thing; (
S;) i. e. Unperceived or imperceptible, [or hardly perceived or perceptible, by any of the senses, or only by the eye or ear, or by the mind; mostly] unapparent, or not apparent; (
K;) [latent; obscure; hidden, or concealed; or unconspicuous; but also faint, or dim, to the sight; suppressed, or stifled, applied to the voice; or low, faint, gentle, or soft, to the ear; and obscure to the mind, abstruse, recondite, occult, or covert; and secret, private, or clandestine: see 1, first sentence:]
pl. خَفَايَا. (
S.) [You say نَجْمٌ خَفِىٌّ A dim star or asterism. And مَكَانٌ خَفِىٌّ An obscure, or a concealed, place. And صَوْتٌ خَفِىٌّ A low, faint, gentle, or soft, voice or sound.] and اِمْرَأَةٌ خَفِيَّةُ الصَّوْتِ A woman having a low, faint, gentle, or soft, voice. (
TA in art. خفض.) and النُّونُ الخَفِيَّةُ
i. q. الخَفِيفَةُ [
q. v.]. (
K.) and some of the Arabs say, (Yaakoob,
S,) إِذَا حَسُنَ مِنَ المَرْأَةِ خَفِيَّاهَا حَسُنَ سَائِرُهَا, meaning [When] the voice and the foot-mark of the woman [are good, or pleasing, the rest, or the whole, of what pertains to her is good, or pleasing]: (Yaakoob,
JK,
S,
K:) for when her voice is soft, or gentle, this indicates her being bashful, or shy; and when her foot-marks are near together, and firmly impressed, they indicate that she has [large] buttocks and haunches. (Yaakoob,
S.) One says also, لَقِيتُهُ خَفِيًّا I met him covertly, secretly, privately, or clandestinely. (
TA.) [And مَشَى مِشْيَةً
خَفِيَّةً He walked with a soft, or stealthy, gait.]
b2: Also One who secludes himself from [other] men; whose place is concealed from them. (
TA.) خَفِيَّةٌ A well: (
S,
K:) or a deep well; because its water is not perceived, or not apparent: (
TA:) or a well of ancient times, that has become filled up and then dug again: (
JK,
TA:) or any well that has been dug and then left until it has become filled up, then dug again, and cleared out: (
ISk,
S:) [opposed to بَدِىْءٌ:]
accord. to
A'Obeyd, it is so called because it is made to appear: (
S:)
pl. خَفَايَا and خَفِيَّاتٌ. (
JK,
TA)
b2: And A tangled, or luxuriant, or dense, thicket, (
JK,
K,
TA,) which the lion takes as his covert: (
JK,
TA:) or خَفِيَّة is the name of a certain place frequented by lions; (
S,
IB;) and is properly imperfectly
decl., so that you say أُسُودُ خَفِيَّةَ; but it may be perfectly
decl. in poetry. (
IB.)
A2: Also A slight taint, or infection, or a touch, or stroke, of insanity: so in the phrase بِهِ خَفِيَّةٌ In him is a slight taint, &c., of insanity. (Ibn-Menádhir,
S,
K. *) خَافٍ: see خَفِىٌّ:
b2: and see also خَفًا.
b3: الخَافِى The jinn, or genii; (
As,
Lh,
JK,
S,
K;) because they conceal themselves from the eyes [of men]; (
TA;) as also ↓ الخَافِيَآءُ (
JK,
K) and ↓ اخَافِيَةُ: (
K:) or this last signifies what conceals itself in the body, of the jinn, or genii: (Ibn-Menádhir,
S:) the
pl. (of the first,
Lh,
JK, [and of the second and third also
accord. to
analogy,]) is خَوَافٍ; (
Lh,
JK,
K;) [and of the first, خَافُونَ also, like قَاضُونَ; for] the bare piece of ground amid herbage is said, in a
trad., to be مُصَلَّى
الخَافِينَ, i. e. [The praying-place] of the jinn, or genii. (
TA.) The first (الخَافِى) also signifies Mankind; thus bearing two
contr. [or rather opposite] meanings. (
TA.) And one says, هُوَ ↓ مَا أَدْرِى أَىُّ خَافِيَةَ, (
K and
TA voce خَالِفَة,
q. v.,) or ↓ خَافِيَةٍ, (
CK ibid.,) I know not what one of mankind he is. (
K ibid.)
b4: أَرْضٌ خَافِيَةٌ [and ↓ أَرْضُ خَافِيَةٍ, the latter word in the former case being an
epithet,
fem. of خَافٍ, and in the latter case a
subst., or an
epithet in which the quality of a subst is predominant,] A land in which are jinn, or genii. (
K.)
b5: خَافِى الغُرَابِ: see the last sentence but one in the next paragraph.
خَافِيَةٌ
contr. of عَلَانِيَةٌ [
app. meaning that it signifies A state of being unapparent or not apparent, covert, secret, private, or clandestine: though explained in the
TK (followed by Freytag) as an
epithet applied to a man, meaning whose actions are always covert]. (
K.)
b2: See also خَفًا.
b3: And see خَافٍ, in four places.
b4: Also One, i. e. a single feather, of the feathers called الخَوَافِى: (
TA:) الخَوَافِى signifies the feathers below the ten that are in the fore part of the wing: (
As,
S:) or certain feathers that are concealed when the bird contracts its wing: (
K:) or the four feathers that are [next] after those called المَنَاكِب, (
Lh,
K, *) and next before those called الأَبَاهِر: (
S in art. بهر, and
L in art. نكب:) or seven feathers in the wing, after the seven foremost: (
K, *
TA:) but the people [generally] mention them as four: or they are the small feathers in the wing of a bird. (
TA.) خَنْجَرٌ مِثْلُ خَافِيَةِ النَّسْرِ [A dagger like the خافية of the vulture], occurring in a
trad., means a small خنجر. (
TA.) One says also خَافِيَةُ الغُرَابِ [The خافية of the crow]: and the
pl. is [sometimes expressed by using the
coll. gen. n., saying]
الغُرَابِ ↓ خَافِى. (
JK.)
b5: الخَوَافِى also signifies The palm-branches [next] below the قِلَبَة [which latter are the branches that grow forth from the heart of the tree]: (
S,
TA:) thus called in the
dial. of Nejd: (
TA:) in the
dial. of El-Hijáz called العَوَاهِنُ. (
S,
TA.) الخَافِيَآءُ: see خَافٍ.
مُخْتَفٍ A rifler of graves: (
JK,
S,
Msb,
K:) because he extracts the grave-clothes; (
S,
Msb,
TA;) or because he steals covertly: a word of the
dial. of the people of El-Medeeneh:
fem. مُخْتَفِيَةٌ. (
TA.) مُسْتَخْفٍ Hiding, or concealing, himself: and
accord. to
Akh, appearing: in both of which senses it is said to be used in the words of the
Kur [xiii. 11], مُسْتَخْفٍ بِاللَّيْلِ وَسَارِبٌ بِالنَّهَارِ [Hiding himself by night, and appearing by day: or appearing by night, and hiding himself by day: see art. سرب]. (
TA.)
b2: اليَدُ المُسْتَخْفِيَةُ The hand of the thief, and of the rifler of graves: opposed to اليَدُ المُسْتَعْلِيَةُ, which is the hand of him who takes by force, and of the plunderer, and the like: the Sunneh ordains that the former shall be cut off [except in certain cases], but not the latter. (
TA.)
