لائق
Arabic
| Root |
|---|
| ل ي ق (l y q) |
| 5 terms |
Etymology
Derived from the active participle of لَاقَ (lāqa, “to be suitable, to fit”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /laː.ʔiq/
Adjective
لَائِق • (lāʔiq) (feminine لَائِقَة (lāʔiqa), elative أَلْيَق (ʔalyaq))
Declension
| singular | masculine | feminine | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| basic singular triptote | singular triptote in ـَة (-a) | |||
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| informal | لَائِق lāʔiq |
اللَّائِق al-lāʔiq |
لَائِقَة lāʔiqa |
اللَّائِقَة al-lāʔiqa |
| nominative | لَائِقٌ lāʔiqun |
اللَّائِقُ al-lāʔiqu |
لَائِقَةٌ lāʔiqatun |
اللَّائِقَةُ al-lāʔiqatu |
| accusative | لَائِقًا lāʔiqan |
اللَّائِقَ al-lāʔiqa |
لَائِقَةً lāʔiqatan |
اللَّائِقَةَ al-lāʔiqata |
| genitive | لَائِقٍ lāʔiqin |
اللَّائِقِ al-lāʔiqi |
لَائِقَةٍ lāʔiqatin |
اللَّائِقَةِ al-lāʔiqati |
| dual | masculine | feminine | ||
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| informal | لَائِقَيْن lāʔiqayn |
اللَّائِقَيْن al-lāʔiqayn |
لَائِقَتَيْن lāʔiqatayn |
اللَّائِقَتَيْن al-lāʔiqatayn |
| nominative | لَائِقَانِ lāʔiqāni |
اللَّائِقَانِ al-lāʔiqāni |
لَائِقَتَانِ lāʔiqatāni |
اللَّائِقَتَانِ al-lāʔiqatāni |
| accusative | لَائِقَيْنِ lāʔiqayni |
اللَّائِقَيْنِ al-lāʔiqayni |
لَائِقَتَيْنِ lāʔiqatayni |
اللَّائِقَتَيْنِ al-lāʔiqatayni |
| genitive | لَائِقَيْنِ lāʔiqayni |
اللَّائِقَيْنِ al-lāʔiqayni |
لَائِقَتَيْنِ lāʔiqatayni |
اللَّائِقَتَيْنِ al-lāʔiqatayni |
| plural | masculine | feminine | ||
| plural unknown | sound feminine plural | |||
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| informal | ? | ? | لَائِقَات lāʔiqāt |
اللَّائِقَات al-lāʔiqāt |
| nominative | ? | ? | لَائِقَاتٌ lāʔiqātun |
اللَّائِقَاتُ al-lāʔiqātu |
| accusative | ? | ? | لَائِقَاتٍ lāʔiqātin |
اللَّائِقَاتِ al-lāʔiqāti |
| genitive | ? | ? | لَائِقَاتٍ lāʔiqātin |
اللَّائِقَاتِ al-lāʔiqāti |
Descendants
- → Azerbaijani: layiq
- → Middle Armenian: լայեխ (layex), լայէխ (layēx), լայեղ (layeġ)
- Armenian: լայաղ (layaġ), լայեխ (layex), լայեղ (layeġ), լայըխ (layəx), լայէխ (layēx) — traditional orthography
- → Ottoman Turkish: لایق (layık), لائق (la'ik)
- Turkish: layık
- → Persian: لایق (lâyeq)
- → Turkmen: laýyk
- → Uyghur: لايىق (layiq)
- → Uzbek: loyiq
- Sylheti: ꠟꠣꠄꠇ (laex)
References
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “لائق”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary[1], London: W.H. Allen