نيفق
See also: ییقق
Arabic
FWOTD – 7 February 2023
Etymology
From Middle Persian, equivalent to Classical Persian نیفه (nēfa) and cognate with Central Kurdish نێفەک (nêfek).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /naj.faq/
Noun
نَيْفَق • (nayfaq) m (plural نَيَافِق (nayāfiq)) (obsolete)
- 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 [the physician] 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
- “” in 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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