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نفق

Root entry · 22 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns concepts of passing through, disappearing, and commerce. It extends to meanings of death, depletion, and the creation or promotion of goods. It also covers underground passages and the behavior of certain animals.

Derived headwords

نَفَقَverb
  1. 1.
    to sell wellboth

    Said of a sale or market, meaning it was in high demand and sold quickly.

  2. 2.
    to dieboth

    Said of a person or animal, meaning they passed away or perished.

  3. 3.
    to become depletedclassical

    Said of something, meaning it ran out or was exhausted.

نفق البيع نفاقا — The sale sold well.
نفوقا — The man and the animal died.
نِفَاقnoun
  1. 1.
    selling wellboth

    The state of a sale or market being in high demand and selling quickly.

  2. 2.
    hypocrisyclassical

    The act of concealing disbelief and showing faith, characteristic of a hypocrite.

  3. 3.
    expendituresclassical

    Plural of 'nafaqa', referring to expenses or costs.

نفق البيع نفاقا — The sale sold well.
نَفَقَverb
  1. 1.
    to run outclassical

    To become depleted or exhausted.

نَفَقَverb
  1. 1.
    to dieclassical

    To perish or die.

نَفَقَverb
  1. 1.
    to become depletedclassical

    To run out or become finished.

نَفَقَverb
  1. 1.
    to become depletedclassical

    To run out or become finished.

نَافَقَverb
  1. 1.
    to act as a hypocriteclassical

    To conceal one's disbelief and outwardly profess faith.

  2. 2.
    to enter the burrowclassical

    Said of a jerboa, entering its hidden burrow.

نافق في الدين: ستر كفره وأظهر إيمانه — He acted hypocritically in religion: he concealed his disbelief and showed his faith.
نَفَقَةnoun
  1. 1.
    expenditureboth

    Money spent; cost or expense.

  2. 2.
    hypocriteclassical

    The act or characteristic of a hypocrite.

  3. 3.
    burrow entranceclassical

    One of the burrows of a jerboa, often a hidden one.

ونفقت نفاقهم: فنيت نفقاتهم — And their hypocrisy (or expenditures) ran out: their expenditures were depleted.
مُنَافِقnoun
  1. 1.
    hypocriteboth

    One who conceals disbelief and professes faith.

وككتاب: فعل المنافق — And like 'kitab': the action of the hypocrite.
مِنْفَاقadjective
  1. 1.
    spendthriftboth

    A person who spends money excessively.

ورجل منفاق: كثير النفقة — And a spendthrift man: one who spends a lot.
نَفَقnoun
  1. 1.
    underground passageboth

    A tunnel or passage dug in the earth, often with an exit.

والنفق، محركة: سرب في الأرض له مخلص إلى مكان — And the tunnel, with vowel movement: a passage in the earth that has an exit to a place.
انْتَفَقَverb
  1. 1.
    to enter a passageboth

    To go into an underground tunnel or passage.

  2. 2.
    to exit a burrowclassical

    Said of a jerboa, to come out of its hidden burrow.

وانتفق: دخله — And he entered it: he went into it.
فانتفق — So he emerged.
نَافِقَةnoun
  1. 1.
    musk podclassical

    The pod containing musk, from which the scent is derived.

  2. 2.
    a mountainclassical

    A specific mountain.

والنافقة: نافجة المسك، وجبل — And the musk pod: the pod of musk, and a mountain.
نَافِقَاءnoun
  1. 1.
    jerboa burrowclassical

    One of the hidden burrows of a jerboa, used for concealment.

والنافقاء والنفقة، كهمزة: إحدى جحرة اليربوع، يكتمها ويظهر غيرها — And the nafiqa' and the nafaqa, like 'hamza': one of the jerboa's burrows, which it conceals while showing others.
نَفَقَverb
  1. 1.
    to exit a burrowclassical

    To come out of one's hidden burrow.

ونفق، كنصر وسمع، ونفق وانتفق: خرج من نافقائه — And he emerged, like 'nasr' and 'sam'' (verbs), and he emerged and emerged: he came out of his hidden burrow.
انْتَفَقَverb
  1. 1.
    to exit a burrowclassical

    To come out of one's hidden burrow.

ونفق، كنصر وسمع، ونفق وانتفق: خرج من نافقائه — And he emerged, like 'nasr' and 'sam'' (verbs), and he emerged and emerged: he came out of his hidden burrow.
نِيْفَقnoun
  1. 1.
    wide part of trousersclassical

    The spacious or wide part of trousers.

نيفق السراويل، بالفتح: الموضع المتسع منه — The wide part of trousers, with 'fath': the spacious part of it.
أَنْفَقَverb
  1. 1.
    to become poorclassical

    To fall into poverty or destitution.

  2. 2.
    to spendboth

    To expend money or resources.

  3. 3.
    to make sell wellboth

    To promote the sale of a commodity, making it popular.

  4. 4.
    to spread (wool)classical

    Said of camel's wool, meaning it spread out due to fatness.

وأنفق: افتقر — And he became poor: he fell into poverty.
وأنفق ماله: أنفده، كاستنفقه — And he spent his money: he depleted it, like 'istanafaqahu'.
وأنفق السلعة تنفيقا: روجها، كأنفقها — And he promoted the commodity, making it sell well: he made it popular, like 'anfaqaha'.
اسْتَنْفَقَverb
  1. 1.
    to spendclassical

    To expend money or resources.

وأنفق ماله: أنفده، كاستنفقه — And he spent his money: he depleted it, like 'istanafaqahu'.
تَنْفِيْقnoun
  1. 1.
    promotion of salesboth

    The act of making a commodity popular and sell well.

وأنفق السلعة تنفيقا: روجها، كأنفقها — And he promoted the commodity, making it sell well: he made it popular, like 'anfaqaha'.
مُنْتَفِقnoun
  1. 1.
    ancestor of a tribeclassical

    An ancestor from whom a tribe is descended.

والمنتفق: أبو قبيلة — And the Muntfiq: the father of a tribe.
تَنَفقَّهverb
  1. 1.
    to extractclassical

    To draw something out or extract it.

وتنفقته: استخرجته — And he extracted it: he drew it out.

Parallel reading

نفق البيع نفاقا، كسحاب: راج
The sale sold well, like 'sahab': it was in demand.
و السوق: قامت
And the market: it became established/active.
و الرجل والدابة نفوقا: ماتا
And the man and the animal perished: they died.
و الجرح: تقشر
And the wound: it peeled/flaked.
وكفرح ونصر: نفد وفني، أو قل
And like 'faraha' and 'nasara': it ran out and perished, or it was depleted.
وككتاب: فعل المنافق
And like 'kitab': the action of the hypocrite.
ونفقت نفاقهم: فنيت نفقاتهم
And their hypocrisy (or expenditures) ran out: their expenditures were depleted.
ورجل منفاق: كثير النفقة
And a spendthrift man: one who spends a lot.
وفرس نفق الجري، ككتف: سريع انقطاعه
And a horse with a fast run, like 'katif': its speed is quickly exhausted.
والنافقاء والنفقة، كهمزة: إحدى جحرة اليربوع، يكتمها ويظهر غيرها
And the nafiqa' and the nafaqa, like 'hamza': one of the jerboa's burrows, which it conceals while showing others.
فإذا أتي من جهة القاصعاء، ضرب النافقاء برأسه فانتفق
So if it is approached from the direction of the main burrow, the jerboa strikes the hidden burrow with its head and emerges.
ونفق، كنصر وسمع، ونفق وانتفق: خرج من نافقائه
And he emerged, like 'nasr' and 'sam'' (verbs), and he emerged and emerged: he came out of his hidden burrow.
وأنفق: افتقر
And he became poor: he fell into poverty.
وأنفق ماله: أنفده، كاستنفقه
And he spent his money: he depleted it, like 'istanafaqahu'.
وأنفق القوم: نفقت سوقهم
And the people became prosperous: their market became active.
وأنفق السلعة تنفيقا: روجها، كأنفقها
And he promoted the commodity, making it sell well: he made it popular, like 'anfaqaha'.
ومالك بن المنتفق: قاتل بسطام بن قيس
And Malik bin al-Muntfiq: he fought Bistam bin Qays.
ونافق في الدين: ستر كفره وأظهر إيمانه
And he acted hypocritically in religion: he concealed his disbelief and showed his faith.
وتنفقته: استخرجته
And he extracted it: he drew it out.