Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

مَخَافَةٌ

Root: خوف

Full Definition

مَخَافَةٌ an Verbal.Noun of 1, originally مَخْوَفَةٌ.
2 [Also A cause of fear: a word of the same category as مَجْبَنَةٌ and مَبْخَلَةٌ &c.: pl. مَخَاوِفُ. Hence,] أَوَّلُ كُتُبِهِ المَخَاوِفُ [The first of his letters, or epistles, consisted of the causes of fear].
3 And مَخَاوِفُ also signifies Places of fear.


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