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خلف

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See also: خلق, حلق, جلق, and خ ل ق

Arabic

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Etymology 1.1

Pronunciation

Preposition

خَلْفَ (ḵalfa)

  1. behind
    • 2019, Courtney Charley, chapter 1, in نِسَاء صَغِيرَات, translation of Little Women by Louisa Alcott (in English):
      بَدَأَت جُو تَمْشِي ذَهَابًا وَإِيَابًا وَيَدَاهَا خَلْفَ ظَهْرِهَا، كَٱلرَّجُلِ.
      badaʔat jū tamšī ḏahāban waʔiyāban wayadāhā ḵalfa ẓahrihā, kar-rajuli.
      Joe started walking back and forth with her hands behind her back, like a man.
Inflection
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Derived terms
  • مِنْ خَلْفِ (min ḵalfi)

Etymology 1.2

Pronunciation

Noun

خَلْف (ḵalf) m (plural خُلُوف (ḵulūf))

  1. verbal noun of خَلَفَ (ḵalafa) (form I)
  2. location that is behind
  3. time past
  4. back
  5. successor, descendant
  6. descendants
  7. remnant of people
  8. succeeding generation, progeny
  9. short rib
  10. someone absent from the tribe or just returned
Declension
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Etymology 1.3

From Proto-Semitic *ḫalap-. Cognate with Biblical Hebrew חָלַף (ḥɔlap̄, to move past).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /xa.la.fa/
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Verb

خَلَفَ (ḵalafa) I (non-past يَخْلُفُ (yaḵlufu), verbal noun خَلْف (ḵalf))

  1. to succeed, to follow, to come after
  2. to substitute for
  3. to replace
  4. to lag behind
  5. to stay behind
  6. to be detained, to stay away
Conjugation
More information verbal noun الْمَصْدَر, active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل ...

Etymology 1.4

Pronunciation

Verb

خَلَّفَ (ḵallafa) II (non-past يُخَلِّفُ (yuḵallifu), verbal noun تَخْلِيف (taḵlīf))

  1. to appoint as a successor
  2. to leave behind
  3. (intransitive) to have offspring
Conjugation
More information verbal noun الْمَصْدَر, active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل ...

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South Levantine Arabic

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Etymology 1

From Arabic خَلَفَ (ḵalafa).

Pronunciation

Verb

خلف (ḵalaf) I (present بخلف (biḵlif))

  1. to replace, to reward
Conjugation
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Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

Verb

خلّف (ḵallaf) II (present بخلّف (biḵallef))

  1. to give birth
    Synonym: جاب (jāb)
Conjugation
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