خفق

Arabic

Root
خ ف ق (ḵ-f-q)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /xa.fa.qa/

Verb

خَفَقَ • (ḵafaqa) I, non-past يَخْفُقُ or يَخْفِقُ‎ (yaḵfuqu or yaḵfiqu)

  1. to beat, to whip
    خَفَقَ ٱلْأَرْضَ بِنَعْلِهِ
    ḵafaqa l-ʔarḍa binaʕlihi
    He struck the ground with his sandal.
    خَفَقَتِ ٱلْبَيْضَ
    ḵafaqati l-bayḍa
    She beat the eggs.
  2. to flap the wings
    خَفَقَ ٱلطَّائِرُ
    ḵafaqa ṭ-ṭāʔiru
    The bird flapped its wings.
  3. to palpitate
    يَخْفُقُ قَلْبِي
    yaḵfuqu qalbī
    My heart palpitates.

Conjugation

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