يافوخ

Arabic

Alternative forms

• يَأْفُوخ (yaʔfūḵ), يَافُوخَة (yāfūḵa)

Etymology

Seemingly borrowed from Aramaic אַפְקוּתָא (ʾap̄qūṯā, “the portion of the back of neck which joins the vertebra, Genick, nucha, scruff; also upper part of a date palm”), reanalyzed from אַפְרָקוּתָא (ʾap̄rāqūṯā), פְּרִיקְתָּא (pərīqtā), פִּירְקְתָא (pīrəqṯā), פּוּרְקְתָא (pūrəqṯā), ܦܴܪܱܩܬ݂ܳܐ (pāraqṯā) – obviously a much used word – after the root פ־ק־ע cognate to the Arabic root ف ق ع (f-q-ʕ) related to bursting in place of the root פ־ר־ק cognate to Arabic ف ر ق (f-r-q) related to reaving, so the Arabic etymological parallel would be فَقَار (faqār, “vertebral column”) from the related ف ق ر (f-q-r), the borrowing source being a regiolect and chronolect where the distinction of /ʔ/, /ʕ/, /ħ/ and /j/ was already degenerated – as the source of Old Armenian յիմար (yimar) –, resolving the gap after the stem with /x/ as nearest consonant to /uː/ to obtain a triconsonantal term again.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jaː.fuːx/

Noun

يَافُوخ • (yāfūḵ) m (plural يَوَافِيخ (yawāfīḵ))

1. (anatomy) crown (of the head), vertex
2. (anatomy) fontanelle

Declension

Declension of noun يَافُوخ (yāfūḵ)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	يَافُوخ yāfūḵ	الْيَافُوخ al-yāfūḵ	يَافُوخ yāfūḵ
Nominative	يَافُوخٌ yāfūḵun	الْيَافُوخُ al-yāfūḵu	يَافُوخُ yāfūḵu
Accusative	يَافُوخًا yāfūḵan	الْيَافُوخَ al-yāfūḵa	يَافُوخَ yāfūḵa
Genitive	يَافُوخٍ yāfūḵin	الْيَافُوخِ al-yāfūḵi	يَافُوخِ yāfūḵi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	يَافُوخَيْن yāfūḵayn	الْيَافُوخَيْن al-yāfūḵayn	يَافُوخَيْ yāfūḵay
Nominative	يَافُوخَانِ yāfūḵāni	الْيَافُوخَانِ al-yāfūḵāni	يَافُوخَا yāfūḵā
Accusative	يَافُوخَيْنِ yāfūḵayni	الْيَافُوخَيْنِ al-yāfūḵayni	يَافُوخَيْ yāfūḵay
Genitive	يَافُوخَيْنِ yāfūḵayni	الْيَافُوخَيْنِ al-yāfūḵayni	يَافُوخَيْ yāfūḵay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	يَوَافِيخ yawāfīḵ	الْيَوَافِيخ al-yawāfīḵ	يَوَافِيخ yawāfīḵ
Nominative	يَوَافِيخُ yawāfīḵu	الْيَوَافِيخُ al-yawāfīḵu	يَوَافِيخُ yawāfīḵu
Accusative	يَوَافِيخَ yawāfīḵa	الْيَوَافِيخَ al-yawāfīḵa	يَوَافِيخَ yawāfīḵa
Genitive	يَوَافِيخَ yawāfīḵa	الْيَوَافِيخِ al-yawāfīḵi	يَوَافِيخِ yawāfīḵi

Descendants

• → Ottoman Turkish: یافوخ (yafuh)