لائق

Arabic

Root
ل ي ق (l y q)
5 terms

Etymology

Derived from the active participle of لَاقَ (lāqa, “to be suitable, to fit”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /laː.ʔiq/

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 (layeġ)
- Armenian: լայաղ (layaġ), լայեխ (layex), լայեղ (layeġ), լայըխ (layəx), լայէխ (layēx) — traditional orthography
→ Ottoman Turkish: لایق (layık), لائق (la'ik)
- Turkish: layık
→ Persian: لایق (lâyeq)
- → Hindustani:
  - Hindi: लायक़ (lāyaq), लाइक़ (lāiq)
  - Urdu: لَائَق (lāyaq), لَائِق (lāyiq)
- → Punjabi:
  - Gurmukhi script: ਲਾਇਕ਼ (lāiqa)
  - Shahmukhi script: لَائَق (lāyaq), لَائِق (lāyiq)
→ Turkmen: laýyk
→ Uyghur: لايىق (layiq)
→ Uzbek: loyiq
Sylheti: ꠟꠣꠄꠇ (laex)

References

Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “لائق”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen