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أَخْفَى
to hide, to conceal /ˈʔax.faː/
verbA2#1079 most common
Also: to conceal, to keep secret, to cover up
Example sentences
أَخْفَى الوَلَدُ الكُرَةَ.
The boy hid the ball.
أُخْفِي مَفَاتِيحِي فِي الدُّرْجِ.
I hide my keys in the drawer.
لِمَاذَا أَخْفَيْتَ الحَقِيقَةَ عَنِّي؟
Why did you hide the truth from me?
حَاوَلَتْ أَنْ تُخْفِيَ حُزْنَهَا، لَكِنَّ دُمُوعَهَا ظَهَرَتْ.
She tried to hide her sadness, but her tears showed.
أَخْفَى المُتَّهَمُ الأَدِلَّةَ قَبْلَ وُصُولِ الشُّرْطَةِ.
The accused hid the evidence before the police arrived.
مَهْمَا أَخْفَيْتَ نَوَايَاكَ، فَإِنَّ أَفْعَالَكَ تَكْشِفُهَا فِي النِّهَايَةِ.
No matter how well you hide your intentions, your actions reveal them in the end.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | أُخْفِي | أَخْفَيْتُ | سَأُخْفِي |
| 2sg | تُخْفِي | أَخْفَيْتَ | سَتُخْفِي |
| 3sg | يُخْفِي | أَخْفَى | سَيُخْفِي |
| 1pl | نُخْفِي | أَخْفَيْنَا | سَنُخْفِي |
| 2pl | تُخْفُونَ | أَخْفَيْتُمْ | سَتُخْفُونَ |
| 3pl | يُخْفُونَ | أَخْفَوْا | سَيُخْفُونَ |
Word family
خَفِيَto be hidden
اِخْتَفَىto disappear, to vanish
إِخْفَاءconcealment, hiding (verbal noun of أَخْفَى)
خَفِيّhidden, secretخَفَاءsecrecy, obscurity
Etymology
أَخْفَى is the Form IV verb built on the triliteral root خ-ف-ي, which carries the sense of being hidden or concealed. The base verb خَفِيَ means 'to be hidden'; the Form IV causative أَخْفَى means to make hidden, that is, to hide or conceal. The root goes back to a Proto-Semitic root for covering. The Hebrew verb חָפָה, 'to cover or overlay,' and the noun חֻפָּה, 'canopy,' come from the same source.
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