نفخ

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ن ف خ (n-f-ḵ), the verb from Proto-Semitic *napaḫ-. Compare also Arabic نَفَحَ (nafaḥa, to forspread).

Pronunciation 1

  • IPA(key): /na.fa.xa/

Verb

نَفَخَ (nafaḵa) I, non-past يَنْفُخُ‎ (yanfuḵu)

  1. to blow
  2. to blow up, to inflate
Conjugation
Descendants
  • Maltese: nefaħ

Pronunciation 2

  • IPA(key): /nafx/

Noun

نَفْخ (nafḵ) m

  1. verbal noun of نَفَخَ (nafaḵa) (form I)
Declension

References

  • Freytag, Georg (1837), نفخ”, 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 310

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ن ف خ

Etymology

From Arabic نَفَخَ (nafaḵa).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /na.fax/, [ˈna.fax]
  • (file)

Verb

نفخ (nafaḵ) (form I, present بنفخ (bonfoḵ))

  1. to inflate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of نفخ (nafaḵ)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m نفخت (nafaḵt) نفخت (nafaḵt) نفخ (nafaḵ) نفخنا (nafaḵna) نفختو (nafaḵtu) نفخو (nafaḵu)
f نفختي (nafaḵti) نفخت (nafḵat)
present m بنفخ (banfoḵ) بتنفخ (btonfoḵ) بنفخ (bonfoḵ) مننفخ (mnonfoḵ) بتنفخو (btonfoḵu) بنفخو (bonfoḵu)
f بتنفخي (btonfoḵi) بتنفخ (btonfoḵ)
subjunctive m أنفخ (ʔanfoḵ) تنفخ (tonfoḵ) ينفخ (yonfoḵ) ننفخ (nonfoḵ) تنفخو (tonfoḵu) ينفخو (yonfoḵu)
f تنفخي (tonfoḵi) تنفخ (tonfoḵ)
imperative m انفخ (onfoḵ) انفخو (onfoḵu)
f انفخي (onfoḵi)
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