نفخ

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Arabic

Etymology 1.1

From the root ن ف خ (n-f-ḵ), the verb from Proto-Semitic *napaḫ-. Compare also Arabic نَفَحَ (nafaḥa, to spread, to diffuse; to blow).

Pronunciation

Verb

نَفَخَ (nafaḵa) I (non-past يَنْفُخُ (yanfuḵu), verbal noun نَفْخ (nafḵ))

  1. to blow
  2. to blow up, to inflate
Conjugation
Descendants
  • Maltese: nefaħ

Etymology 1.2

Pronunciation

Noun

نَفْخ (nafḵm

  1. verbal noun of نَفَخَ (nafaḵa) (form I)
Declension

References

  • Freytag, Georg (1837) “نفخ”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 4, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 310

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ن ف خ
2 terms

Etymology

From Arabic نَفَخَ (nafaḵa).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /na.fax/,
  • Audio (al-Lidd):(file)

Verb

نفخ (nafaḵ) I (present بنفخ (bonfoḵ))

  1. to inflate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of نفخ (nafaḵ)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m نفخت (nafaḵt) نفخت (nafaḵt) نفخ (nafaḵ) نفخنا (nafaḵna) نفختو (nafaḵtu) نفخو (nafaḵu)
f نفختي (nafaḵti) نفخت (nafḵat)
present m بنفخ (banfoḵ) بتنفخ (btonfoḵ) بنفخ (bonfoḵ) مننفخ (mnonfoḵ) بتنفخو (btonfoḵu) بنفخو (bonfoḵu)
f بتنفخي (btonfoḵi) بتنفخ (btonfoḵ)
subjunctive m أنفخ (ʔanfoḵ) تنفخ (tonfoḵ) ينفخ (yonfoḵ) ننفخ (nonfoḵ) تنفخو (tonfoḵu) ينفخو (yonfoḵu)
f تنفخي (tonfoḵi) تنفخ (tonfoḵ)
imperative m انفخ (onfoḵ) انفخو (onfoḵu)
f انفخي (onfoḵi)