مَخُوفٌ
Root: خوف
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مَخُوفٌ
A road in which people fear: or a road that is feared; as also
مَخِيفٌ , and
خَائِفٌ ; which last is tropical, of the measure فَاعِلٌ in the sense of the measure مَفْعُولٌ; or, thus applied, this last [is a possessive epithet, and thus] means having fear: (JK: [see also مُخَافٌ:]) you should not say
طَرِيقٌ , because the road does not cause fear, but only he who robs and slays therein. One says also مَخِيفٌ ثَغْرٌ and
مُتَخَوَّفٌ
An enemies' frontier [that is feared, or] from which one fears, or from the direction of which fear comes. مَخُوفٌ signifies A thing [of any kind] that is feared; as a lion, and a serpent, and fire, and the like. [Hence,] حَائِطٌ مَخُوفٌ
A wall of which the falling is feared. (Lh, Msb, TA. [See also مُخِيفٌ.]) And وَجَعٌ مَخُوفٌ [A pain that is feared]. (TA. [See, again, مُخِيفٌ.]) And أَمْرٌ مَخُوفٌ [An affair, or event, that is feared]. (Mgh, Msb. [See, again, مُخِيفٌ.]) And فَاسِقٌ
مَخُوفٌ عَلَى مَالِهِ
A transgressor who is feared for his property, that he will consume it, and expend it in that which is not right.
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