فك

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Arabic

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Etymology

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Morphologically from the root ف ك ك (f-k-k).

Pronunciation

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  • (verb) IPA(key): /fak.ka/
  • Audio:(file)

Verb

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فَكَّ (fakka) I (non-past يَفُكُّ (yafukku), verbal noun فَكّ (fakk))

  1. to untie a knot
    فَكَّ الْعُقْدَةَ
    fakka l-ʕuqdata
    He untied the knot.
  2. to break a seal
  3. to disassemble
  4. to free and release
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 90:13:
      فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ
      fakku raqabatin
      It is the freeing of a slave
  5. to decipher
    فَكَّ اللُّغْزَ
    fakka l-luḡza
    He solved the mystery
    فَكَّ الرُّمُوزَ
    fakka r-rumūza
    to decipher the message

Conjugation

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Synonyms

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Noun

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فَكّ (fakkm (dual فَكَّانِ (fakkāni), plural فُكُوك (fukūk))

  1. verbal noun of فَكَّ (fakka) (form I)
  2. (anatomy) jaw

Declension

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Further reading

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  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “فك”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
  • جُبْرَان مَسْعُود Jubrān Masʿūd (1964) “فك”, in الرائد معجم لغوي عصري ar-rāʾid: muʿjam luḡawiyy ʿaṣriyy[1], 7th edition, Beirut: دار العلم للملايين Dar Al Malayin, published 1992, →OCLC, page 606


Moroccan Arabic

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Etymology

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Root
ف ك ك
2 terms

From Arabic فَكَّ (fakka).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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فك (fakk) I (non-past يفك (yfukk))

  1. to loosen
    Synonym: حل (ḥall)

Conjugation

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    Conjugation of فك
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m فكّيت (fakkīt) فكّيتي (fakkīti) فكّ (fakk) فكّينا (fakkīna) فكّيتوا (fakkītu) فكّوا (fakku)
f فكّت (fakkāt)
non-past m نفكّ (nfukk) تفكّ (tfukk) يفكّ (yfukk) نفكّوا (nfukku) تفكّوا (tfukku) يفكّوا (yfukku)
f تفكّي (tfukki) تفكّ (tfukk)
imperative m فكّ (fukk) فكّوا (fukku)
f فكّي (fukki)

South Levantine Arabic

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Root
ف ك ك
3 terms

Etymology

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From Arabic فَكّ (fakk).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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فكّ (fakkm

  1. jaw