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تَخْفِيف
reduction (easing, lightening of something burdensome) /taxˈfiːf/
nounB2#3889 most common
Also: alleviation, easing, mitigation
Example sentences
هذا الدواء يساعد على تخفيف الألم.
This medicine helps ease the pain.
أحتاج إلى تخفيف وزني هذا العام.
I need to reduce my weight this year.
تعمل البلدية على تخفيف الازدحام المروري في وسط المدينة.
The municipality is working to reduce traffic congestion downtown.
طلب المحامي تخفيف الحكم الصادر بحق موكله.
The lawyer requested a reduction of the sentence handed down against his client.
يهدف البرنامج إلى تخفيف حدة الفقر في المناطق الريفية.
The program aims to alleviate the severity of poverty in rural areas.
من الصعب تخفيف التوترات الجيوسياسية دون حوار دبلوماسي مستمر.
It is hard to ease geopolitical tensions without sustained diplomatic dialogue.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | تَخْفِيفٌ | تَخْفِيفَاتٌ |
| Genitive | تَخْفِيفٍ | تَخْفِيفَاتٍ |
| Accusative | تَخْفِيفًا | تَخْفِيفَاتٍ |
| Vocative | يَا تَخْفِيفُ | يَا تَخْفِيفَاتُ |
Word family
خَفَّفَto lighten, ease, reduce
خَفِيفlight (in weight), light-heartedمُخَفَّفreduced, diluted, watered-down
خِفَّةlightness, agility
استخفافcontempt, treating something as trivial
Etymology
تَخْفِيف is the verbal noun of the Form II verb خَفَّفَ (khaffafa), built on the triliteral root خ ف ف, which carries the basic sense of lightness. Form II doubles the middle radical to give a causative meaning: to make something light. The noun therefore denotes the act of lightening, easing, or reducing something, whether physical weight, pain, punishment, or tension.
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