[1]
خَافَ , (S, Msb, K, &c.,) originally خَوِفَ,
(Lth, L, &c.,) first pers. خِفْتُ, (TA,) aor. يَخَافُ,
(S, K, &c.,) originally يَخْوَفُ, (L,) imperative
خَفْ, (S,) inf. n. خَوْفٌ (S, Msb, K, &c.) and
↓ خِيفٌ, [originally خِوْفٌ,] (Lh, TA,) erroneously
written in the K with fet-h [to the خ], but some
say that this is a simple subst., not an inf. n.,
(TA,) and ↓ خِيفَةٌ, (Lh, S, Msb, K, &c.,) originally خِوْفَةٌ, (K,) but some say that this also is
a simple subst., not an inf. n., (TA,) and [therefore] its pl. is خِيفٌ, (Lh, JK, S, and so in the
CK,) in [some of] the copies of the K erroneously
written خِيَفٌ, (TA,) or this [as well as the next
preceding] may be an inf. n., for some few inf. ns.
have pls., (ISd, TA,) and مَخَافَةٌ, (S, Msb, K,
&c.,) originally مَخْوَفَةٌ, for which last, the first
of these inf. ns. is used by a poet, and therefore
made fem., (TA,) He feared; he was afraid or
frightened or terrified; syn. فَزِعَ. (K.) It is
also trans.: (Msb:) you say, خَافَهُ and ↓ تخوّفهُ
[He feared, or was afraid of, him, or it]; (Msb,
TA;) both signifying the same: (TA:) [and so
خَافَ مِنْهُ; or this may mean he feared what
might happen to him from him, or it:] and
تخوّف ↓ عَلَيْهِ شَيْئًا, meaning خَافَهُ [i. e. خَافَ عَلَيْهِ
شَيْئًا He feared for him a thing]: (S, K:) and
خَاَفَهُ عَلَى مَالِهِ and تخوّفهُ ↓ عَلَيْهِ [He feared him,
or it, for his property]. (Mgh.) ―
2-b2- [Hence,] it
is also used in the sense of ظَنَّ [He thought, or
opined]: and in this case, the Arabs sometimes
use it in the same manner as a verb signifying an
oath, and give it the same kind of complement;
as in an ex. cited voce دَرِدَ [q. v.]. (S in art. درد.)
And He knew. (Lh, Kr, K.) Hence, وَإِنِ ٱمْرَأَةٌ
خَافَتْ مِنْ بَعْلِهَا نُشُوزًا [And if a woman know that
there is, on the part of her husband, injurious
treatment, or unkindness, or estrangement], (K,)
in the Kur [iv. 127]. (TA.) And hence also,
فَمَنْ خَافَ مِنْ مُوصٍ جَنَفًا [And he who knoweth
that there is, on the part of the testator, an inclining to a wrong course, or a declining from the
right course, &c.], (K,) in the Kur [ii. 178];
thus explained by Lh. (TA.) ＝
1-A2- خَافَهُ, (S,) first
pers. خُفْتُهُ, (K,) aor. يَخُوفُهُ, (S,) He exceeded
him in fear. (S, K. *) You say, خَاوَفَهُ ↓ فَخَافَهُ,
(S,) inf. n. of the former مُخَاوَفَهُ, (TA,) i. e. [He
vied with him to see which of them would exceed
the other in fear, and] he exceeded him in
fear. (S.)