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nafaqa

expenditure, disbursement

نَفَقَة

Word

Noun · pattern فَعَلَة

Root

ن ف ق

Forms

Plural
نَفَق

In the library

وَمَا أَنْفَقْتُمْ مِنْ نَفَقَةٍ أَوْ نَذَرْتُمْ مِنْ نَذْرٍ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ يَعْلَمُهُ ۗ وَمَا لِلظَّالِمِينَ مِنْ أَنْصَارٍ

The Qurʾān, page 46 →

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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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