خَائِفٌ
Root: خوف
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خَائِفٌ
Fearing; being afraid or frightened or terrified: pl. خُوَّفٌ and خُيَّفٌ, or خِيَّفٌ, or, accord. to Ks, خُيَّفٌ and خِيفٌ and خُوفٌ, [but the second and third of these three should be خِيَّفٌ and خُوَّفٌ, for all are said to be of the measure فُعَّلٌ,] and
خَوْفٌ ; or this last is a quasi-pl. n.; whence, in the Kur [vii. 54], خَوْفًا وَطَمَعًا, meaning Worship ye Him fearing his punishment and eagerly desiring his recompense. See also خَافٌ.
2 And see مَخُوفٌ.
2 And see مَخُوفٌ.
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