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خالِي
empty /ˈxaː.liː/
adjectiveB1#2474 most common
Also: vacant, free of / devoid of, unmarried (colloquial slang)
Example sentences
الغرفة خالية.
The room is empty.
هذا الكرسي خالٍ، تفضل اجلس.
This chair is empty, please sit.
هذا العصير خالٍ من السكر.
This juice is sugar-free.
وجدنا مكانًا خاليًا لوقوف السيارة.
We found an empty spot to park the car.
عاشت حياة خالية من الهموم.
She lived a life free of worries.
لا يوجد مكان في الكون خالٍ تمامًا من المادة.
There is no place in the universe fully devoid of matter.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | خالٍ | خالون |
| Genitive | خالٍ | خالين |
| Accusative | خاليًا | خالين |
| Vocative | خالي | خالون |
Word family
خلاto be/become empty, to be alone
خاليةempty (feminine form)
خلوةseclusion, privacy
إخلاءevacuation, vacating
خلاءopen space, wilderness, void
Etymology
خالِي is the active participle of the hollow-weak verb خلا (khalā), meaning to be empty or vacant. The final radical is a weak wāw, which surfaces as a long ī in this participle pattern. The root sense of clearing or vacating a space also gives Arabic words for solitude, seclusion, and evacuation.
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