Seemingly borrowed from Aramaic אַפְקוּתָא (ʾap̄qūṯā, “the portion of the back of neck which joins the vertebra, Genick, nucha, scruff; also upper part of a date palm”), reanalyzed from אַפְרָקוּתָא (ʾap̄rāqūṯā), פְּרִיקְתָּא (pərīqtā), פִּירְקְתָא (pīrəqṯā), פּוּרְקְתָא (pūrəqṯā), ܦܴܪܱܩܬ݂ܳܐ (pāraqṯā) – obviously a much used word – after the root פ־ק־ע cognate to the Arabic root ف ق ع (f q ʕ) related to bursting in place of the root פ־ר־ק cognate to Arabic ف ر ق (f r q) related to reaving, so the Arabic etymological parallel would be فَقَار (faqār, “vertebral column”) from the related ف ق ر (f q r), the borrowing source being a regiolect and chronolect where the distinction of /ʔ/, /ʕ/, /ħ/ and /j/ was already degenerated – as the source of Old Armenian յիմար (yimar) –, resolving the gap after the stem with /x/ as nearest consonant to /uː/ to obtain a triconsonantal term again.
يَافُوخ • (yāfūḵ) m (plural يَوَافِيخ (yawāfīḵ))
| singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | يَافُوخ yāfūḵ |
الْيَافُوخ al-yāfūḵ |
يَافُوخ yāfūḵ |
| nominative | يَافُوخٌ yāfūḵun |
الْيَافُوخُ al-yāfūḵu |
يَافُوخُ yāfūḵu |
| accusative | يَافُوخًا yāfūḵan |
الْيَافُوخَ al-yāfūḵa |
يَافُوخَ yāfūḵa |
| genitive | يَافُوخٍ yāfūḵin |
الْيَافُوخِ al-yāfūḵi |
يَافُوخِ yāfūḵi |
| dual | indefinite | definite | construct |
| informal | يَافُوخَيْن yāfūḵayn |
الْيَافُوخَيْن al-yāfūḵayn |
يَافُوخَيْ yāfūḵay |
| nominative | يَافُوخَانِ yāfūḵāni |
الْيَافُوخَانِ al-yāfūḵāni |
يَافُوخَا yāfūḵā |
| accusative | يَافُوخَيْنِ yāfūḵayni |
الْيَافُوخَيْنِ al-yāfūḵayni |
يَافُوخَيْ yāfūḵay |
| genitive | يَافُوخَيْنِ yāfūḵayni |
الْيَافُوخَيْنِ al-yāfūḵayni |
يَافُوخَيْ yāfūḵay |
| plural | basic broken plural diptote | ||
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | يَوَافِيخ yawāfīḵ |
الْيَوَافِيخ al-yawāfīḵ |
يَوَافِيخ yawāfīḵ |
| nominative | يَوَافِيخُ yawāfīḵu |
الْيَوَافِيخُ al-yawāfīḵu |
يَوَافِيخُ yawāfīḵu |
| accusative | يَوَافِيخَ yawāfīḵa |
الْيَوَافِيخَ al-yawāfīḵa |
يَوَافِيخَ yawāfīḵa |
| genitive | يَوَافِيخَ yawāfīḵa |
الْيَوَافِيخِ al-yawāfīḵi |
يَوَافِيخِ yawāfīḵi |