خَافٍ
Root: خفى
Full Definition
خَافٍ
: see خَفِىٌّ:
2 and see also خَفًا.
3 الخَافِى The jinn, or genii; because they conceal themselves from the eyes [of men]; as also الخَافِيَآءُ and : or this last signifies what conceals itself in the body, of the jinn, or genii: the pl. is خَوَافٍ; [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. The first (الخَافِى) also signifies Mankind; thus bearing two contr. [or rather opposite] meanings. And one says, مَا أَدْرِى أَىُّ هُوَ, (K and TA voce خَالِفَة, q. v.,) or , I know not what one of mankind he is.
4 أَرْضٌ خَافِيَةٌ [and أَرْضُ , 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.
5 خَافِى الغُرَابِ: see the last sentence but one in the next paragraph.
2 and see also خَفًا.
3 الخَافِى The jinn, or genii; because they conceal themselves from the eyes [of men]; as also الخَافِيَآءُ and : or this last signifies what conceals itself in the body, of the jinn, or genii: the pl. is خَوَافٍ; [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. The first (الخَافِى) also signifies Mankind; thus bearing two contr. [or rather opposite] meanings. And one says, مَا أَدْرِى أَىُّ هُوَ, (K and TA voce خَالِفَة, q. v.,) or , I know not what one of mankind he is.
4 أَرْضٌ خَافِيَةٌ [and أَرْضُ , 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.
5 خَافِى الغُرَابِ: see the last sentence but one in the next paragraph.
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