منافق

منافق

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ن ف ق‎ (n-f-q).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mu.naː.fiq/

Noun

مُنَافِق • (munāfiq) m

1. hypocrite
2. (Islam, religious slur) religious hypocrite, a person who pretends to be Muslim

Declension

Declension of noun مُنَافِق (munāfiq)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مُنَافِق munāfiq	الْمُنَافِق‎ al-munāfiq	مُنَافِق munāfiq
Nominative	مُنَافِقٌ munāfiqun	الْمُنَافِقُ‎ al-munāfiqu	مُنَافِقُ munāfiqu
Accusative	مُنَافِقًا‎ munāfiqan	الْمُنَافِقَ‎ al-munāfiqa	مُنَافِقَ munāfiqa
Genitive	مُنَافِقٍ munāfiqin	الْمُنَافِقِ‎ al-munāfiqi	مُنَافِقِ munāfiqi

Descendants

• → English: munafiq
• → Kazakh: мұнафиқ (mūnafiq), мұнапиқ (mūnapiq)
• → Persian: منافق‎
• → Turkish: münafık
• → Malay: munafik
  • → Indonesian: munafik
• → Swahili: mnafiki

References

• Baalbaki, Rohi (1995), “منافق”, in Al-Mawrid: A Modern Arabic-English Dictionary, 7th edition, Beirut: Dar El-Ilm Lilmalayin, →ISBN
• Баранов, Х. К. (2011), “منافق”, in Большой арабско-русский словарь (Bolʹšoj arabsko-russkij slovarʹ), 11th edition, Москва: Живой язык, →ISBN
• Lane, Edward William (1863), “منافق”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate
• Wehr, Hans (1960), “منافق”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 3rd edition, Ithaca, NY: Otto Harrassowitz

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South Levantine Arabic

Root
ن ف ق‎

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Arabic مُنَافِق‎ (munāfiq).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mu.naː.fiq/, [muˈnæː.fɪq]

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Noun

منافق • (munāfiq) m (plural منافقين‎ (munāfiqīn), feminine منافقة‎ (munāfiqa))

1. hypocrite