أنفاق

See also: إنفاق

Arabic

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

أَنْفَاق • (ʔanfāq) pl

1. plural of نَفَق (nafaq)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὀμφάκιον (omphákion, “juice from unripe grapes; oil from unripe olives”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔun.faːq/

Noun

أُنْفَاق • (ʔunfāq) m

1. (obsolete, attributively) (juice of grapes, oil of olives, etc) extracted unripe from the fruit
   • a. 1000, المقدسي, edited by Michael Jan de Goeje, أحسن التقاسيم في معرفة الأقاليم [ʾaḥsan at-taqāsīm fī maʿrifa al-ʾaqālīm] (Bibliotheca Geographorum Arabicorum; 3)‎^[1], Leiden: E. J. Brill, published 1877, 1906, page 181 line 3:
   • a. 1222, نَجِيب الدِّين السَّمَرْقَنْدِيّ [najīb ad-dīn as-samarqandiyy], edited by Juliane Müller, كِتَاب الْأَغْذِيَة وَٱلْأَشْرِبَة [kitāb al-ʔaḡdiya wa-l-ʔǎšriba] (Islamic Philosophy, Theology and Science. Texts and Studies; 101)‎^[2], Leiden: Brill, published 2017, →ISBN, page 146:

     وأمّا زيت الأنفاق وهو […] دابغ للمعدة مقوّ لها صالح للمحرورين ولا سيّما إن كان مغسولاً.

     In what concerns the olive oil extracted from unripe olives, it tans the stomach and fortifies it, while being salubrious for heated folks, particularly if washed [with hot water directly after being pressed].

Declension

Declension of noun أُنْفَاق (ʔunfāq)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أُنْفَاق ʔunfāq	الْأُنْفَاق al-ʔunfāq	أُنْفَاق ʔunfāq
Nominative	أُنْفَاقٌ ʔunfāqun	الْأُنْفَاقُ al-ʔunfāqu	أُنْفَاقُ ʔunfāqu
Accusative	أُنْفَاقًا ʔunfāqan	الْأُنْفَاقَ al-ʔunfāqa	أُنْفَاقَ ʔunfāqa
Genitive	أُنْفَاقٍ ʔunfāqin	الْأُنْفَاقِ al-ʔunfāqi	أُنْفَاقِ ʔunfāqi

References

• Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 148
• Michael Jan de Goeje, editor (1879), Indices, glossarium et addenda et emendanda ad part. I–III (Bibliotheca Geographorum Arabicorum; 7)‎^[3] (in Latin), Leiden: E. J. Brill, published 1879, page 182

Hijazi Arabic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔan.faːɡ/

Noun

أَنْفَاق • (ʔanfāg) pl

1. plural of نَفَق (nafag)