خلف

العربية

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خلف^¹

/xal.fa/

preposition خَلْفَ · ḵalfa · خَلْفِي · خَلْفَنَا

behind بَدَأَت جُو تَمْشِي ذَهَابًا وَإِيَابًا وَيَدَاهَا خَلْفَ ظَهْرِهَا، كَٱلرَّجُلِ.

خلف^²

/xalf/

noun خَلْف · ḵalf · خُلُوف · الْخَلْف

noun from verb verbal noun of خَلَفَ (ḵalafa) (form I)
location that is behind
time past
back
successor, descendant
descendants
remnant of people
succeeding generation, progeny
short rib
someone absent from the tribe or just returned

خلف^³

/xa.la.fa/

Where it comes from

From Proto-Semitic *ḫalap-. Cognate with Biblical Hebrew חָלַף (ḥɔlap̄, “to move past”).

verb خَلَفَ · ḵalafa · يَخْلُفُ · خَلْف · خَالِف

to succeed, to follow, to come after
to substitute for
to replace
to lag behind
to stay behind
to be detained, to stay away

خلف^⁴

/xal.la.fa/

verb خَلَّفَ · ḵallafa · يُخَلِّفُ · تَخْلِيف · مُخَلِّف

to appoint as a successor
to leave behind
intransitive to have offspring

In English

abaft (nautical) behind; toward the stern relative to some other object or position; a
after behind
follow to go or come after in a sequence
teat projection of mammary gland
behind at the back of
astern of behind (prep)

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {خلف},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%AE%D9%84%D9%81},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}

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