يافوخ

Arabic

Alternative forms

يَأْفُوخ (yaʔfūḵ), يَافُوخَة (yāfūḵa)

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /jaː.fuːx/

Noun

يَافُوخ • (yāfūḵ) m (plural يَوَافِيخ (yawāfīḵ))

(anatomy) crown (of the head), vertex
(anatomy) fontanelle

Declension

Declension of noun **يَافُوخ** (yāfūḵ)
singular	basic singular triptote
singular	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
plural	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

Descendants

→ Ottoman Turkish: یافوخ (yafuh)