ن ف ل

ن ف ل • (n-f-l)

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

• 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)

• 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 (in Latin), volume 4, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 317
• Wehr, Hans; Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985), “ن ف ل”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 1301