ن ف ل

Arabic

Root

ن ف ل • (n-f-l)

1. related to supererogation (doing more than is required)

Derived terms

• Form I: نَفَلَ (nafala, “to munerate”)
  • Verbal noun: نَفْل (nafl)
  • Active participle: نَافِل (nāfil)
  • Passive participle: مَنْفُول (manfūl)
• Form II: نَفَّلَ (naffala, “to munerate”)
  • Verbal noun: تَنْفِيل (tanfīl)
  • Active participle: مُنَفِّل (munaffil)
  • Passive participle: مُنَفَّل (munaffal)
• Form IV: أَنْفَلَ (ʔanfala, “to munerate”)
  • Verbal noun: إِنْفَال (ʔinfāl)
  • Active participle: مُنْفِل (munfil)
  • Passive participle: مُنْفَل (munfal)
• Form V: تَنَفَّلَ (tanaffala, “to do more than owed”)
  • Verbal noun: تَنَفُّل (tanafful)
  • Active participle: مُتَنَفِّل (mutanaffil)
  • Passive participle: مُتَنَفَّل (mutanaffal)
• Form VIII: اِنْتَفَلَ (intafala, “to do more than owed”)
  • Verbal noun: اِنْتِفَال (intifāl)
  • Active participle: مُنْتَفِل (muntafil)
  • Passive participle: مُنْتَفَل (muntafal)

• نَافِلَة f (nāfila, “supererogatory thing”); pl. نَوَافِل (nawāfil)

References

• Freytag, Georg (1837) “ن ف ل”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[1] (in Latin), volume 4, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 317
• Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “ن ف ل”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎^[2] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 1301