نفق

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Arabic

Etymology 1.1

Root
ن ف ق (n f q)
6 terms

Pronunciation

Noun

نَفَق (nafaqm (plural أَنْفاق (ʔanfāq))

  1. verbal noun of نَفَقَ (nafaqa) (form I)
  2. verbal noun of نَفِقَ (nafiqa) (form I)
  3. tunnel, a passageway or burrow having two openings
Declension
Descendants
  • Gulf Arabic: نفق (nafaq)
  • Hijazi Arabic: نَفَق (nafag)

Etymology 1.2

Verb

نَفَقَ (nafaqa) I (non-past يَنْفُقُ (yanfuqu), verbal noun نَفَاق (nafāq))

  1. to sell well (of merchandise)
  2. to be brisk (of a market)
Conjugation

Etymology 1.3

Verb

نَفِقَ (nafiqa) I (non-past يَنْفَقُ (yanfaqu), verbal noun نَفَق (nafaq))

  1. to be used up, to run out
  2. (obsolete) to creep out of one’s hole
Conjugation

Etymology 1.4

Verb

نَفَقَ (nafaqa) I (non-past يَنْفُقُ (yanfuqu), verbal noun نُفُوق (nufūq))

  1. to die, to perish (especially of an animal)
  2. (obsolete) to creep out of one’s hole
  3. (obsolete) to be used up, to run out
Conjugation

Etymology 1.5

Verb

نَفَّقَ (naffaqa) II (non-past يُنَفِّقُ (yunaffiqu), verbal noun تَنْفِيق (tanfīq))

  1. to sell
  2. (obsolete) to creep out of one’s hole
Conjugation

Etymology 1.6

Adjective

نَفِق (nafiq)

  1. breaking off fast (said of a steed)
Declension

Etymology 2.1

Verb

نفق (form I)

  1. نَفُقْ (nafuq) /na.fuq/: first-person plural non-past active jussive of فَاقَ (fāqa)
  2. نُفَقْ (nufaq) /nu.faq/: first-person plural non-past passive jussive of فَاقَ (fāqa)

Etymology 2.2

Verb

نفق (form IV)

  1. نُفِقْ (nufiq) /nu.fiq/: first-person plural non-past active jussive of أَفَاقَ (ʔafāqa)
  2. نُفَقْ (nufaq) /nu.faq/: first-person plural non-past passive jussive of أَفَاقَ (ʔafāqa)

Etymology 3

Verb

نفق (form I)

  1. نَفِقُ (nafiqu) /na.fi.qu/: first-person plural non-past active indicative of وَفِقَ (wafiqa)
  2. نَفِقَ (nafiqa) /na.fi.qa/: first-person plural non-past active subjunctive of وَفِقَ (wafiqa)
  3. نَفِقْ (nafiq) /na.fiq/: first-person plural non-past active jussive of وَفِقَ (wafiqa)

Gulf Arabic

Root
ن ف ق
3 terms

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Arabic نَفَق (nafaq).

Pronunciation

Noun

نفق (nafaqm (plural أنفاق (ʔanfāq))

  1. tunnel, underpass

Hijazi Arabic

Root
ن ف ق
2 terms

Etymology

From Arabic نَفَق (nafaq).

Pronunciation

Noun

نفق (nafagm (plural أنفاق (ʔanfāg))

  1. tunnel, underpass