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nāfaqa

dissimulate, act hypocritically

نافَقَ

Word

Verb · Form III

Root

ن ف ق

Forms

Present
يُنافِقُ
Verbal nouns
نِفاق، نَفاق

In the library

كم من شبل نافق أسدا، وأضمرا له غلاًّ وحسداً؟

The Epistle of Forgiveness, page 113 →
Conjugation
Person PastPresentCommand
he هُوَ نافَقَيُنافِقُ—
she هِيَ نافَقَتتُنافِقُ—
they two (m.) هُما نافَقايُنافِقانِ—
they two (f.) هُما نافَقَتاتُنافِقانِ—
they (m.) هُمْ نافَقُوايُنافِقُونَ—
they (f.) هُنَّ نافَقْنَيُنافِقْنَ—
you (m.) أَنْتَ نافَقْتَتُنافِقُنافِقْ
you (f.) أَنْتِ نافَقْتِتُنافِقِينَنافِقِي
you two أَنْتُما نافَقْتُماتُنافِقانِنافِقَا
you (m. pl.) أَنْتُمْ نافَقْتُمتُنافِقُونَنافِقُوا
you (f. pl.) أَنْتُنَّ نافَقْتُنَّتُنافِقْنَنافِقْنَ
I أَنا نافَقْتُأُنافِقُ—
we نَحْنُ نافَقْنانُنافِقُ—

From the same root

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Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 7 entries
  • نَفَقَتِ السُّوقُ Form I The marked became brisk, its goods selling much
    The marked became brisk, its goods selling much; syn. قَامَت. (K.) ― -b2- نَفَقَ It was, or became, saleable; easy, or ready, of sale; or in much demand: see its syn. رَاجَ. ― -b3- نَفَقَتْ It (a commodity, سِلْعَة,) was in much demand: and she (a woman) was demanded in marriage by many. (Msb.) ― -b4- نَفِقَتِ الدَّراَهِمُ, inf. n. نَفَقٌ, The dirhems passed away, came to an end, or became spent or exhausted; syn. نَفِدَت. (Msb.)
  • نَافَقَ Form III He played the hypocrite
    He played the hypocrite in religion: (K, TA:) he pretended, to the Muslims, that he held the religion of El-Islám, concealing in his heart another religion than El-Islám. (Msb.) And نَافَقَ فُلاَنًا He acted with such a one hypocritically. (TK in art. دهن. [But I have not found this elsewhere.]) And نَافَقَ فِى المَحَبَّةِ [He acted the hypocrite in respect of love]. (Har, p. 505.) See خَانَ.
  • أَنْفَقَ Form IV He expended
    He expended money: and he (God or a man) dispensed gifts.
  • تَنَفَّفَتِ الجَزُورُ Form V The slaughtered camel became dealt out, or dispensed
    [The slaughtered camel became dealt out, or dispensed]. (S, K in art. شيط.) ― -b2- تَنَفَّقَ: see Har, p. 472. ― -b3- تَنَفَّقَ It (a wound) cracked in its sides, and made, in the flesh, what resembled ↓ أَنْفَاق, i. e. holes in the ground, or subterranean excavations or habitations, pl. of نَفَقٌ. (TA in art. دسم.)
  • نَفَقٌ hole
    : see سَرَبٌ ― -b2- أَنْفَاقٌ The hole of rats or mice. (S, TA in art. خفى:) see 1 in that art.: holes in the ground; or subterranean excavations or habitations; pl. of نَفَقٌ. (TA in art. دسم.) See 5. -A2- Also Fresh olive-oil: see فَاقٌ in art. فوق: also mentioned in art. نفق in the TA.
  • نَفَقَةٌ What one expends, of money and the like
    What one expends, of money and the like, (K, TA,) upon himself and upon his family or household. (TA.)
  • نَيْفَقٌ part
    The part of a pair of drawers, or trousers, which is turned down at the top, and sewed, and through which the waistband, or string, passes. See نُقْبَة.

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