لائق

Arabic

Etymology

Derived from the active participle of لَاقَ‎ (lāqa, “to be suitable, to fit”), from the root ل ي ق‎ (l-y-q).

Adjective

لَائِق • (lāʔiq) (feminine لَائِقَة‎ (lāʔiqa), elative أَلْيَق‎ (ʔalyaq))

fit, proper, appropriate

Declension

Declension of adjective لَائِق (lāʔiq)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	لَائِق lāʔiq	اللَّائِق‎ al-lāʔiq	لَائِقَة‎ lāʔiqa	اللَّائِقَة‎ al-lāʔiqa
Nominative	لَائِقٌ lāʔiqun	اللَّائِقُ‎ al-lāʔiqu	لَائِقَةٌ‎ lāʔiqatun	اللَّائِقَةُ‎ al-lāʔiqatu
Accusative	لَائِقًا‎ lāʔiqan	اللَّائِقَ‎ al-lāʔiqa	لَائِقَةً‎ lāʔiqatan	اللَّائِقَةَ‎ al-lāʔiqata
Genitive	لَائِقٍ lāʔiqin	اللَّائِقِ‎ al-lāʔiqi	لَائِقَةٍ‎ lāʔiqatin	اللَّائِقَةِ‎ al-lāʔiqati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	لَائِقَيْن‎ lāʔiqayn	اللَّائِقَيْن‎ al-lāʔiqayn	لَائِقَتَيْن‎ lāʔiqatayn	اللَّائِقَتَيْن‎ al-lāʔiqatayn
Nominative	لَائِقَانِ‎ lāʔiqāni	اللَّائِقَانِ‎ al-lāʔiqāni	لَائِقَتَانِ‎ lāʔiqatāni	اللَّائِقَتَانِ‎ al-lāʔiqatāni
Accusative	لَائِقَيْنِ‎ lāʔiqayni	اللَّائِقَيْنِ‎ al-lāʔiqayni	لَائِقَتَيْنِ‎ lāʔiqatayni	اللَّائِقَتَيْنِ‎ al-lāʔiqatayni
Genitive	لَائِقَيْنِ‎ lāʔiqayni	اللَّائِقَيْنِ‎ al-lāʔiqayni	لَائِقَتَيْنِ‎ lāʔiqatayni	اللَّائِقَتَيْنِ‎ al-lāʔiqatayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	plural unknown		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	? ?	? ?	لَائِقَات‎ lāʔiqāt	اللَّائِقَات‎ al-lāʔiqāt
Nominative	? ?	? ?	لَائِقَاتٌ‎ lāʔiqātun	اللَّائِقَاتُ‎ al-lāʔiqātu
Accusative	? ?	? ?	لَائِقَاتٍ‎ lāʔiqātin	اللَّائِقَاتِ‎ al-lāʔiqāti
Genitive	? ?	? ?	لَائِقَاتٍ‎ lāʔiqātin	اللَّائِقَاتِ‎ al-lāʔiqāti

Descendants

→ Azerbaijani: layiq
→ Middle Armenian: լայեխ (layex), լայէխ (layēx), լայեղ (layeł)
- Armenian: լայաղ (layał), լայեխ (layex), լայեղ (layeł), լայըխ (layəx); լայէխ (layēx)
→ Ottoman Turkish: لایق‎ (layık), لائق‎ (la'ik)
- Turkish: layık
→ Persian: لایق‎ (lâyeq)
- → Hindi: लायक़ (lāyaq), लाइक़ (lāiq)
- → Urdu: لایق‎ (lāyaq)
→ Uyghur: لايىق‎ (layiq)

References

Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “لائق”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen

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