خَافَ

1. خَافٍ

xaAfK xAf xAfy : see xafiY~N : ― -b2- and see also xafFA . ― -b3- AlxaAfiY The jinn, or genii; (As, Lh, JK, S, K;) because they conceal themselves from the eyes [of men]; (TA;) as also ↓ AlxaAfiyaA='u (JK, K) and ↓ AxaAfiyapu : (K:) or this last signifies what conceals itself in the body, of the jin

2. خَافَ

1 xaAfa xAf xAfy , (S, Msb, K, &c.,) originally xawifa , (Lth, L, &c.,) first pers. xifotu , (TA,) aor. yaxaAfu , (S, K, &c.,) originally yaxowafu , (L,) imperative xafo , (S,) inf. n. xawofN (S, Msb, K, &c.) and ↓ xiyfN , [originally xiwofN ,] (Lh, TA,) erroneously written in the K with fet-h [to t

3. خَافٌ

xaAfN xAf xAfy A man very fearful or timorous; (S, K;) [and so, in the present day, ↓ xaw~aAfN ; the former originally] of the measure faEilN , like fariqN and faziEN ; and similar to SaAtN , meaning a man “ having a strong, or loud, voice: ” (S:) or i. q. ↓ xaAy^ifN : (TA:) accord. to Kh, it may be