نيفق

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Arabic

FWOTD – 7 February 2023

Etymology

From Middle Persian, equivalent to Classical Persian نیفه (nēfa) and cognate with Central Kurdish نێفەک (nêfek).

Pronunciation

Noun

نَيْفَق • (nayfaq) m (plural نَيَافِق (nayāfiq)) (obsolete)

  1. the top middle area of a pair of trousers or drawers where a cord goes through to support the two legs, waistband or a certain part thereof
    Synonym: تِكَّة (tikka)
    • 1908 May 1, “المسلمون والذميون والمعاهدون”, in مجلة المقتبس [Al-Muqtabas], number 28:
      فَأَخَذَ يُحَادِثُهُ وَيَعْبَثُ بِذَٰلِكَ ٱلْفَتْقِ حَتَّى بَلَغَ حَدَّ ٱلْنَيْفَقِ (وَهُوَ ٱلْمَوْضِعُ ٱلْمُتَّسِعُ فِي ٱلسَّرَاوِيلِ وَٱلْقَمِيصِ)
      faʔaḵaḏa yuḥādiṯuhu wayaʕbaṯu biḏālika l-fatqi ḥattā balaḡa ḥadda l-nayfaqi (wahuwa l-mawḍiʕu l-muttasiʕu fī s-sarāwīli wal-qamīṣi)
      And he began to chat with him and diddle at his hernia until he reached the waistband (and this is the broad area between trowsers and the chemise)

Declension

Declension of noun نَيْفَق (nayfaq)
Singular basic singular triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal نَيْفَق
nayfaq 		النَّيْفَق
an-nayfaq 		نَيْفَق
nayfaq
Nominative نَيْفَقٌ
nayfaqun 		النَّيْفَقُ
an-nayfaqu 		نَيْفَقُ
nayfaqu
Accusative نَيْفَقًا
nayfaqan 		النَّيْفَقَ
an-nayfaqa 		نَيْفَقَ
nayfaqa
Genitive نَيْفَقٍ
nayfaqin 		النَّيْفَقِ
an-nayfaqi 		نَيْفَقِ
nayfaqi
Dual Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal نَيْفَقَيْن
nayfaqayn 		النَّيْفَقَيْن
an-nayfaqayn 		نَيْفَقَيْ
nayfaqay
Nominative نَيْفَقَانِ
nayfaqāni 		النَّيْفَقَانِ
an-nayfaqāni 		نَيْفَقَا
nayfaqā
Accusative نَيْفَقَيْنِ
nayfaqayni 		النَّيْفَقَيْنِ
an-nayfaqayni 		نَيْفَقَيْ
nayfaqay
Genitive نَيْفَقَيْنِ
nayfaqayni 		النَّيْفَقَيْنِ
an-nayfaqayni 		نَيْفَقَيْ
nayfaqay
Plural basic broken plural diptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal نَيَافِق
nayāfiq 		النَّيَافِق
an-nayāfiq 		نَيَافِق
nayāfiq
Nominative نَيَافِقُ
nayāfiqu 		النَّيَافِقُ
an-nayāfiqu 		نَيَافِقُ
nayāfiqu
Accusative نَيَافِقَ
nayāfiqa 		النَّيَافِقَ
an-nayāfiqa 		نَيَافِقَ
nayāfiqa
Genitive نَيَافِقَ
nayāfiqa 		النَّيَافِقِ
an-nayāfiqi 		نَيَافِقِ
nayāfiqi

References

  • Kremer, Alfred von (1884) Beiträge zur arabischen Lexikographie. II‎ (in German), Wien: In Commission bei Carl Gerold’s Sohn, page 62
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