فوق

Arabic

Etymology 1

Originally a case form of a defective noun فَوْق (fawq, “location that is above”); see the usage note. From the root ف و ق (f-w-q).

Adverb

فَوْقُ • (fawqu)

1. above

Usage notes

This originates as a case form of a defective noun فَوْق (fawq, “location that is above”). It is declined normally when definite or in the construct state, e.g. الْفَوْقُ (al-fawqu, “the location that is above”), فَوْقُهُ (fawquhu, “his upper part”). Other forms are the adverbial accusative in the preposition فَوْقَ (fawqa, “above”), the genitive in the expression مِنْ فَوْقٍ (min fawqin, “from above, above”) (also with an attached pronoun, as in مِنْ فَوْقِهِمْ (min fawqihim, “(from) above them”)), and the irregular expression مِنْ فَوْقُ (min fawqu, “(from) above”).

References

• Lane, Edward William (1863) “فوق”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎, London: Williams & Norgate

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

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Preposition

فَوْقَ • (fawqa)

1. above, on top of
2. more than, over

   كَانُوا فَوْقَ الْعِشْرِين

   kānū fawqa l-ʕišrīn

   They were more than twenty

   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 4:11:

     فَإِنْ كُنَّ نِسَاءً فَوْقَ ٱثْنَتَيْنِ فَلَهُنَّ ثُلُثَا مَا تَرَكَ

     faʔin kunna nisāʔan fawqa ṯnatayni falahunna ṯuluṯā mā taraka

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

3. more important than

Inflection

Egyptian Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic فَوْق (fawq).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /foːʔ/

Preposition

فوق • (fooq)

1. above, on top of

Hijazi Arabic

Etymology 1

From Arabic فَوْق (fawq).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfoːɡ/,

Adverb

فوق • (fōg)

1. above

Preposition

فوق • (fōg)

1. up
2. above, on top of

   Antonyms: تحت (taḥat), أسفل (ʔasfal)

3. more than, over

Inflection

Etymology 2

From Arabic فَاقَ (fāqa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfuːɡ/

Verb

فوق • (fūg)

1. second-person masculine singular imperative of فاق (fāg)

Moroccan Arabic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fawq/, /fuːq/

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Etymology 1

From Arabic فَوْق (fawq).

Noun

فَوْق or فُوق • (fawq or fūq) m

1. location that is above

Etymology 2

From Arabic فَوْقُ (fawqu).

Adverb

فَوْق or فُوق • (fawq or fūq)

1. above

Etymology 3

From Arabic فَوْقَ (fawqa).

Preposition

فَوْق or فُوق • (fawq or fūq)

1. above, on top of

Inflection

Derived terms

• فوقي (fūqi, “upper”), فوقي (fawqi)
• فوقاني (fūqāni, “upper”)

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic فَوْقَ (fawqa).

Pronunciation

Noun

فوق • (fowq)

1. above part
2. (with ezâfe) above
3. (with ezâfe) beyond

   فوق تصور من بود. ― fowq-e tasavvor-e man bud. ― It was beyond my imagination.

Usage notes

• This word is traditionally often used in unadapted Arabic loans with the Arabic definite article ال (-ol-).

Derived terms

South Levantine Arabic

Picture dictionary
فوق تحت بـ/ في قدام ورا على جنب بين
Prepositions of location

Etymology

From Arabic فَوْق (fawq).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Urban) /foːʔ/,
• IPA^(key): (Bedouin) /foːɡ/,

• Audio (Jerusalem)

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Adverb

فوق • (fōʔ)

1. up, upstairs

   Antonym: تحت (taḥt)

Preposition

فوق • (fōʔ)

1. above, over

   Antonym: تحت (taḥt)