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
| 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[1] (in German), Wien: In Commission bei Carl Gerold’s Sohn, page 62