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)

1. 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

• Kremer, Alfred von (1884) Beiträge zur arabischen Lexikographie. II‎^[1] (in German), Wien: In Commission bei Carl Gerold’s Sohn, page 62