خَفَّتْ

1 xafata xAf xf xfY xft xftt , (S, A, Msb, K,) aor. xafita , (Msb,) inf. n. xufuwtN (S, A, K) and xafotN (Msb, TA) and xufaAtN , (TA,) It (the voice, S, A, Msb) was, or became, still, (S, K,) or silent; (A;) was, or became, low, (Msb,) or soft, or gentle, or slender; and became weak, by reason of vehement hunger. (TA.) ― -b2- Hence, said of a dying man, He ceased speaking; (S;) he was, or became, silent; (S, A, K;) he spoke not. (A.) ― -b3- And [hence,] xafata , (A, TA,) inf. n. xufuwtN . (assumed tropical:) He died: (A, TA:) and xafata , inf. n. xufaAtN , (tropical:) he died suddenly; (AA, S, K, TA;) as also maAta xufaAtFA . (A.) And the latter, i. e. xafata inf. n. xufaAtN , accord. to AM, (assumed tropical:) He was, or became, weak, and abject, or abased. (TA.) ― -b4- xafotN also signifies The speaking with a suppressed voice; and so ↓ taxaAfutN , (S, K, TA,) and ↓ muxaAfatapN . (K, TA.) And you say, xafata biSawotihi , (Msb,) and bihi ↓ xAft , (TA,) He lowered his voice; spoke with a low voice. (Msb, TA.) And xafata biqiraA='atihi ; (TA;) and bihaA ↓ xAft , (A, Msb,) inf. n. muxaAfatapN ; (Msb;) and ↓ qaraA^amuxaAfatapF ; (TA;) He lowered his voice in his reading or reciting; read, or recited, with a low voice: (A, Msb, TA:) or the second of these signifies he read, or recited, indistinctly, not with raised voice. (Lth, TA.) ― -b5- xafata , said of seed-produce, (assumed tropical:) It was, or became, such as is termed xaAfitN [explained below]. (Msb.)

xafotN xAf xf xfY xft xftt (S) and ↓ xufaAtN , (A,) applied to speech, (S, A,) Uttered with a low, or suppressed, voice. (S, * A.) [See also xaAfitN .] -A2- The former is also syn. with xabotN [ A low, or depressed, tract of ground: &c.]. (K. [So accord. to my MS. copy of the K, and accord. to the TA: but in the CK this signification is omitted; for instead of wAlxabotu wabiAlD~am~i Als~a*aAbu , we find waAlxafotu biAlfatoHi wabiAlD~am~i Als~a*aAbu , meaning that HafotN and xufotN signify the same as sa*aAbN .])

xufotN xAf xf xfY xft xftt [and accord. to the CK xafotN , but this is app. a mistake, (see what next precedes,)] i. q. sa*aAbN [i. e. Rue ]; (K;) as also xutofN . (T, TA.)