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خَلْفِيّ
rear /xalˈfiː/
adjectiveA2#1296 most common
Also: back, posterior, hind
Example sentences
البابُ الخلفيُّ مفتوح.
The back door is open.
جلسَ الأطفالُ في المقعدِ الخلفيِّ.
The children sat in the back seat.
العجلةُ الخلفيةُ بحاجةٍ إلى هواء.
The rear wheel needs air.
دخلَ اللصُّ من البابِ الخلفيِّ للمنزل.
The thief came in through the back door of the house.
تعطّلت الكاميرا الخلفيةُ في هاتفي الجديد بعد يومين فقط.
The rear camera on my new phone broke after just two days.
لم يُولِ المهندسون اهتمامًا كافيًا للمقاعد الخلفية، فجاءت أقلَّ راحةً من الأمامية.
The engineers paid too little attention to the rear seats, so they came out less comfortable than the front ones.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | خَلْفِيٌّ | خَلْفِيُّونَ |
| Genitive | خَلْفِيٍّ | خَلْفِيِّينَ |
| Accusative | خَلْفِيًّا | خَلْفِيِّينَ |
| Vocative | خَلْفِيُّ | خَلْفِيُّونَ |
Word family
خَلْفback, rear; behind
خَلْفِيَّةbackground
أَمامِيّfront, anterior (antonym)خَلَّفَto leave behind
خَليفةsuccessor, caliph
Etymology
The word is a relative adjective built from the noun خَلْف (khalf), "back, rear," plus the nisba suffix ـِيّ. The base belongs to the Semitic root خ-ل-ف, which carries the sense of coming after, following behind, and succeeding. The same root yields خَليفة (successor, caliph) and اِخْتِلاف (difference).
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