رفيق

See also: رفیق‎, رقيق, and رفيف

ArabicEdit

EtymologyEdit

From the root ر ف ق(r-f-q).

PronunciationEdit

AdjectiveEdit

رَفِيق (rafīq) (feminine رَفِيقَة(rafīqa), masculine plural رَفِيقُونَ(rafīqūna) or رِفَاق(rifāq) or رُفَقَاء(rufaqāʔ), feminine plural رَفِيقَات(rafīqāt) or رَفَائِق(rafāʔiq))

  1. gentle, nice, kind
    Synonym: لَطِيف(laṭīf)
    Antonyms: عَنِيف(ʕanīf), شَدِيد(šadīd), قَاسٍ(qāsin), غَلِيظ(ḡalīẓ)

DeclensionEdit

NounEdit

رَفِيق (rafīqm (plural رَفِيقُونَ(rafīqūna) or رِفَاق(rifāq) or رُفَقَاء(rufaqāʔ), feminine رَفِيقَة(rafīqa) or رَفِيق (rafīq))

  1. friend, comrade, associate, colleague, companion, fellow
    Synonyms: صَدِيق(ṣadīq), صَاحِب(ṣāḥib)

DeclensionEdit

DescendantsEdit

  • Gulf Arabic: رفيج(rfīj)
  • Pashto: رفيق(rafíq)
  • Persian: رفیق(rafiq)
  • Swahili: rafiki
  • Turkish: refik
  • Urdu: رفیق(rafīq)

Proper nounEdit

رَفِيق (rafīqm

  1. a male given name; Rafiq, Rafeeq, Rafik, Rafeek

ReferencesEdit

  • Wehr, Hans (1979), “رفق”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN