منافق

Arabic

Root
ن ف ق (n-f-q)

Etymology

Derived from the active participle of نَافَقَ (nāfaqa, “to be a hypocrite”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mu.naː.fiq/

Noun

مُنَافِق • (munāfiq) m

1. active participle of نَافَقَ (nāfaqa).
2. hypocrite
3. (Islam) 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
  • → Urdu: منافق (munāfiq)
• → Ottoman Turkish: منافق (münâfık)
  • → Turkish: münafık
• → Malay: munafik
  • → Indonesian: munafik
• → Hausa: munafuki
• → Yoruba: mọnafiki
• → Swahili: mnafiki
• → Uzbek: munofiq

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^[1], London: Williams & Norgate
• Wehr, Hans (1960) “منافق”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 3rd edition, Ithaca, NY: Otto Harrassowitz

Hijazi Arabic

Root
ن ف ق
2 terms

Etymology

From Arabic مُنَافِق (munāfiq).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mu.naː.fiɡ/, [mʊ.naː.fɪɡ]

Noun

منافق • (munāfig) m (plural منافقين (munāfgīn), feminine مُنافْقة (munāfga))

1. hypocrite

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ن ف ق
1 term

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