مُخِيفٌ
Root: خوف
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مُخِيفٌ
(Msb, K, in the CK
مَخِيفٌ ,) A wall that causes one to fear that it will fall. (Msb, K. * [See also مَخُوفٌ.]) And وَجَعٌ مُخِيفٌ A pain that causes him who sees it to fear. (S. [See, again, مَخُوفٌ.]) And أَمْرٌ مُخِيفٌ
An affair, or event, that is formidable; that causes him who sees it to fear. (Msb. [See, again, مَخُوفٌ.]) And المُخِيفُ means The lion, that frightens him who sees him. See also مَخُوفٌ, first sentence.
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