منافق

Arabic

Root
ن ف ق (n f q)
6 terms

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
   • (Can we date this quote?), الكافي‎^[1]:

     إنَّ الْمُنَافِقَ يَنْهَى وَلَا يَنْتَهِِي، وَيَأْمُر بِمَا لَا يَأْتِي...يُمْسِي وَهَمُّهُ الْعَشَاءُ وَهُوَ مُفْطِرٌ، وَيُصْبِحُ وَهَمُّهُ النَّوْمُ وَلَمْ يَسْهَرْ، إِنْ حَدَّثَكَ كَذَبَكَ، وَإِنِ ٱئْتَمَنْتَهُ خَانَكَ، وَإِنْ غِبْتَ ٱغْتَابَكَ، وَإِنْ وَعَدَكَ أَخْلَفَكَ

     ʔinna al-munāfiqa yanhā walā yantahiī, wayaʔmur bimā lā yaʔtī...yumsī wahammuhu l-ʕašāʔu wahuwa mufṭirun, wayuṣbiḥu wahammuhu n-nawmu walam yashar, ʔin ḥaddaṯaka kaḏabaka, waʔini ʔtamantahu ḵānaka, waʔin ḡibta ḡtābaka, waʔin waʕadaka ʔaḵlafaka

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   • 1930, منصور فهمي, خطرات نفس‎^[2], Hindawi Foundation, published 2012, →ISBN:

     تلك هي صورة المنافق الذي يبدو في الحياة بلونين، ويتشبه بشبهين، ويبدو ظاهره مغايرًا لباطنه.

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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)
• → Japanese: ムナーフィク (munāfiku)
• → 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^[3], 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

Malay

Noun

منافق (plural منافق-منافق or منافق۲, informal 1st possessive منافقکو, 2nd possessive منافقمو, 3rd possessive منافقڽ)

1. Jawi spelling of munafik‎.

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