خروف

See also: حروف

Arabic

Etymology

From the root خ ر ف (ḵ-r-f), from which particularly خَرِيف (ḵarīf, “autumn; a year, one complete agricultural cycle”), meaning a lamb or colt that has lived long enough to pasture on the produce of this season or born in this season, or one year old.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xa.ruːf/

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Noun

خَرُوف • (ḵarūf) m (plural خِرْفَان (ḵirfān) or أَخْرِفَة (ʔaḵrifa) or خِرَاف (ḵirāf))

1. lamb (mammal)
2. a colt of 6-7 months of age (mammal)
3. (figuratively) young ignorant person, naive, being born yesterday

Declension

Declension of noun خَرُوف (ḵarūf)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	خَرُوف ḵarūf	الْخَرُوف al-ḵarūf	خَرُوف ḵarūf
Nominative	خَرُوفٌ ḵarūfun	الْخَرُوفُ al-ḵarūfu	خَرُوفُ ḵarūfu
Accusative	خَرُوفًا ḵarūfan	الْخَرُوفَ al-ḵarūfa	خَرُوفَ ḵarūfa
Genitive	خَرُوفٍ ḵarūfin	الْخَرُوفِ al-ḵarūfi	خَرُوفِ ḵarūfi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	خَرُوفَيْن ḵarūfayn	الْخَرُوفَيْن al-ḵarūfayn	خَرُوفَيْ ḵarūfay
Nominative	خَرُوفَانِ ḵarūfāni	الْخَرُوفَانِ al-ḵarūfāni	خَرُوفَا ḵarūfā
Accusative	خَرُوفَيْنِ ḵarūfayni	الْخَرُوفَيْنِ al-ḵarūfayni	خَرُوفَيْ ḵarūfay
Genitive	خَرُوفَيْنِ ḵarūfayni	الْخَرُوفَيْنِ al-ḵarūfayni	خَرُوفَيْ ḵarūfay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote‎; broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	خِرْفَان‎; أَخْرِفَة‎; خِرَاف ḵirfān‎; ʔaḵrifa‎; ḵirāf	الْخِرْفَان‎; الْأَخْرِفَة‎; الْخِرَاف al-ḵirfān‎; al-ʔaḵrifa‎; al-ḵirāf	خِرْفَان‎; أَخْرِفَة‎; خِرَاف ḵirfān‎; ʔaḵrifat‎; ḵirāf
Nominative	خِرْفَانٌ‎; أَخْرِفَةٌ‎; خِرَافٌ ḵirfānun‎; ʔaḵrifatun‎; ḵirāfun	الْخِرْفَانُ‎; الْأَخْرِفَةُ‎; الْخِرَافُ al-ḵirfānu‎; al-ʔaḵrifatu‎; al-ḵirāfu	خِرْفَانُ‎; أَخْرِفَةُ‎; خِرَافُ ḵirfānu‎; ʔaḵrifatu‎; ḵirāfu
Accusative	خِرْفَانًا‎; أَخْرِفَةً‎; خِرَافًا ḵirfānan‎; ʔaḵrifatan‎; ḵirāfan	الْخِرْفَانَ‎; الْأَخْرِفَةَ‎; الْخِرَافَ al-ḵirfāna‎; al-ʔaḵrifata‎; al-ḵirāfa	خِرْفَانَ‎; أَخْرِفَةَ‎; خِرَافَ ḵirfāna‎; ʔaḵrifata‎; ḵirāfa
Genitive	خِرْفَانٍ‎; أَخْرِفَةٍ‎; خِرَافٍ ḵirfānin‎; ʔaḵrifatin‎; ḵirāfin	الْخِرْفَانِ‎; الْأَخْرِفَةِ‎; الْخِرَافِ al-ḵirfāni‎; al-ʔaḵrifati‎; al-ḵirāfi	خِرْفَانِ‎; أَخْرِفَةِ‎; خِرَافِ ḵirfāni‎; ʔaḵrifati‎; ḵirāfi

Descendants

• Gulf Arabic: خروف (ḵarūf)
• Hijazi Arabic: خاروف (ḵārūf)
• Maltese: ħaruf
• Moroccan Arabic: خروف (ḵrūf)

Gulf Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic خَرُوف (ḵarūf).

Pronunciation

• (Kuwait) IPA^(key): /χəˈruːf/

Noun

خَروف • (ḵarūf) m (plural خِرْفان (ḵirfān) or غَنَم (ḡanam))

1. sheep
2. (derogatory) a man who lowers himself or does anything possible to impress a woman; a simp
3. (derogatory, slang) a weak person (male)

Hijazi Arabic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xaːˈruːf/

Noun

خروف • (ḵārūf) m (plural خرفان (ḵirfān) or خواريف (ḵawārīf))

1. Alternative form of خاروف (ḵārūf)

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic خَرُوف (ḵarūf).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xruːf/

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Noun

خروف • (ḵrūf) m (plural خرفان (ḵarfān), feminine خروفة (ḵrūfa) or نعجة (naʕja))

1. sheep

   Synonym: حولي (ḥawli)

2. lamb

South Levantine Arabic

Root
خ ر ف
6 terms

Etymology

From Arabic خَرُوف (ḵarūf).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xa.ruːf/, [xaˈruːf]

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Noun

خروف • (ḵarūf) m (plural خرفان (ḵerfān))

1. sheep

   Synonym: (collective) غنم (ḡanam)

2. lamb
3. (slang) a curly haired person