منخفض

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
خ ف ض (ḵ-f-ḍ)

Derived from the active participle of اِنْخَفَضَ (inḵafaḍa, “to be lowered, to sink”); compare خَفَضَ (ḵafaḍa, “to lower”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mun.xa.fidˤ/
  • (file)

Adjective

مُنْخَفِض • (munḵafiḍ) (feminine مُنْخَفِضَة (munḵafiḍa), masculine plural مُنْخَفِضُونَ (munḵafiḍūna), feminine plural مُنْخَفِضَات (munḵafiḍāt))

  1. low (altitude, frequency, price, etc.)
    الْأَرَاضِي الْمُنْخَفِضَة ― al-ʔarāḍī l-munḵafiḍa ― Netherlands
  2. soft, low, subdued, muffled
Declension

Etymology 2

Noun of place of اِنْخَفَضَ (inḵafaḍa, “to be lowered, to sink”), in the form of the passive participle, from the root خ ف ض (ḵ f ḍ); compare خَفَضَ (ḵafaḍa, “to lower”).

Noun

مُنْخَفَض • (munḵafaḍ) m (plural مُنْخَفَضَات (munḵafaḍāt))

  1. (geology) depression, low ground
Declension
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