Arabic edit

Root edit

و ف ق (w-f-q)

  1. Related to suiting and befitting.

Derived terms edit

Verbs and verb forms
Nouns
  • وَفْق m sg (wafq, sufficiency; agreement, conformity, accordance; harmony, concord)
  • وَفقة f sg (wage for piecework)
  • تَوْفيق m sg (confirmation, adaptation, accommodation; balancing, settlement, adjustment; reconciliation, mediation, arbitration, peacemaking; success, happy outcome, good fortune, prosperity)
  • وِفاق m sg (wifāq, accordance, conformity; unity, concord, harmony; consent, assent; agreement, covenant)
  • مُوافَقة f sg (mūfaqa, agreement, conformity; accordance; correspondence, analogy; suitability, fitness; approval, consent, assent, authorisation, sanction)
  • تَوافُق m sg (tawāfuq, coincidence, congruence; agreement, conformity)
  • اِتِّفاق m sg (ittifāq, coincidence, congruence; agreement, conformity; accident, chance; covenant, compact, contract; understanding, arrangement; agreement, treaty, pact)
  • اِتِّفاقية f sg (agreement, treaty; convention, concordat)

Adjectives edit

  • اَوْفَق m sg (awfaq, more suitable, more appropriate, fitter)
  • اِتِّفاقي m sg (accidental, fortuitous, chance; based on convention, conventional)
  • مُوَفَّق m sg (muwaffaq, successful, prospering, fortunate, lucky)
  • مُوافِق m sg (mūfiq, accordant, congruous, consistent, concordant, corresponding, analogous; suitable, fit, appropriate; agreeable, acceptable, convenient, favourable, propitious, wholesome, beneficial, conducive)
  • مُتَوَفِّق m sg (mutawaffiq, successful, prospering, fortunate, lucky)

References edit

  • Wehr, Hans (1960) “و ف ق”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 3rd edition, Ithaca, NY: Otto Harrassowitz