اخاف
1.
, (JK, S, K,) verbal noun إِخَافَةٌ; (TA;) and أَخْيَفَ; (JK, K;) said of a man, (JK, TA,) or of a party of men, (JK, S,) He, or they, alighted, or descended and stopped or sojourned or abode, in a [tract such as is termed] خَيْف: (JK:) and [particularly] came to the
خَيْف
of Minè, and there alighted, or descended and stopped &c.; (JK, * S, K;) as also
اختاف. (Yoo, K.)
2.
اخاف السَّيْلُ القَوْمَ
The torrent made the party, or company of men, to alight, or descend and stop or sojourn or abide, in a [tract such as is termed] خَيْف. (JK, Ibn-'Abbád, K.)