ن ي ف ق

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily deals with concepts related to expansion, opening, and passage, particularly in the context of garments and sometimes in relation to wealth or sustenance. It also touches upon the idea of being open or spacious.

Derived headwords

نِيبَقnoun

1.
Spacious part of a garmentclassical
The wide or expanded part of a shirt or garment, referring to an opening or a loose section.

نَفَقَverb

1.
To pass awayclassical
To die or cease to exist. This sense is more commonly associated with the root ن ف ق.
2.
To be spentclassical
To be consumed or expended, referring to money or resources.

نَفَقَةnoun

1.
Expensemodern
Money spent or cost incurred. This is a common term for expenditure.
2.
Subsistencemodern
The provision of money for maintenance or living expenses, often referring to alimony or support.

نَوَافِقnoun

1.
Expensesmodern
Plural of نَفَقَة, referring to multiple expenditures or costs.

مُنْفَقnoun

1.
Place of expenditureclassical
A place where money is spent or a channel through which it flows.

نَافِقَةadjective

1.
Expendingclassical
That which spends or causes expenditure.

Parallel reading

نيفَق القميص: الموضع المتسع منه، كنيبقه وقد ذكر في ن ف ق.

The spacious part of a shirt: the wide part of it, like its 'naybaq', and it has been mentioned under ن ف ق.

وصرح غير واحد من الأئمة أنها فارسية، فإذن حروفها أصلية من نفس الكلمة، فالصواب أن يذكر هنا، وهكذا فعله صاحب اللسان أيضا.

And more than one Imam has stated that it is Persian, so its letters are original from the word itself. Therefore, it is correct to mention it here, and thus did the author of Al-Lisan also do.