أنفاق
See also: إنفاق
Arabic
Etymology 1
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
أَنْفَاق • (ʾanfāq) pl
- plural of نَفَق (nafaq)
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὀμφάκιον (omphákion, “juice from unripe grapes; oil from unripe olives”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʔun.faːq/
Noun
أُنْفَاق • (ʾunfāq) m
- (obsolete, attributively) extracted unripe from the fruit (used especially for juice of grapes or oil of olives)
- a. 1000, المقدسي, Michael Jan de Goeje, editor, أحسن التقاسيم في معرفة الأقاليم [ʾaḥsan at-taqāsīm fī maʿrifa al-ʾaqālīm] (Bibliotheca Geographorum Arabicorum; 3), Leiden: E. J. Brill, published 1877, 1906, page 181 line 3:
- a. 1222, نجيب الدين السمرقندي [ʿNajīb ad-Dīn as-Samarqandīy], Juliane Müller, editor, كتاب الأغذية والأشربة [kitāb al-ʾaḡdiya wa-l-ʾǎšriba] (Islamic Philosophy, Theology and Science. Texts and Studies; 101), Leiden: Brill, published 2017, →ISBN, page 146:
- وأمّا زيت الأنفاق وهو […] دابغ للمعدة مقوّ لها صالح للمحرورين ولا سيّما إن كان مغسولاً.
- In what concerns the olive oil extracted from unripe olives, it tans the stomach and fortifies it, while being salubrious for heated folks, particularly if washed [with hot water directly after being pressed].
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Declension
Declension of noun أُنْفَاق (ʾunfāq)
| Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | أُنْفَاق ʾunfāq | الْأُنْفَاق al-ʾunfāq | أُنْفَاق ʾunfāq |
| Nominative | أُنْفَاقٌ ʾunfāqun | الْأُنْفَاقُ al-ʾunfāqu | أُنْفَاقُ ʾunfāqu |
| Accusative | أُنْفَاقًا ʾunfāqan | الْأُنْفَاقَ al-ʾunfāqa | أُنْفَاقَ ʾunfāqa |
| Genitive | أُنْفَاقٍ ʾunfāqin | الْأُنْفَاقِ al-ʾunfāqi | أُنْفَاقِ ʾunfāqi |
References
- Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 148
- Michael Jan de Goeje, editor (1879) Indices, glossarium et addenda et emendanda ad part. I–III (Bibliotheca Geographorum Arabicorum; 7) (in Latin), Leiden: E. J. Brill, published 1879, page 182