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أَنْفَق
to spend (money) /ʔanˈfaqa/
verbB2#3379 most common
Also: to expend, to spend on, disburse
Example sentences
هُوَ يُنْفِقُ نُقُودًا.
He spends money.
أُنْفِقُ مَالِي عَلَى الطَّعَامِ.
I spend my money on food.
أَنْفَقَ أَبِي كَثِيرًا مِنَ المَالِ عَلَى تَعْلِيمِنَا.
My father spent a lot of money on our education.
يَجِبُ أَنْ نُنْفِقَ بِحِكْمَةٍ حَتَّى لَا نَنْدَمَ لَاحِقًا.
We must spend wisely so that we do not regret it later.
أَنْفَقَتِ الحُكُومَةُ مَبَالِغَ ضَخْمَةً عَلَى إِعَادَةِ إِعْمَارِ المُدُنِ المُتَضَرِّرَةِ.
The government spent huge sums on rebuilding the damaged cities.
قَوْلُهُ تَعَالَى "الَّذِينَ يُنْفِقُونَ أَمْوَالَهُمْ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ" آيَةٌ تَحُثُّ عَلَى الصَّدَقَةِ.
The verse "those who spend their wealth in the way of God" urges almsgiving.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | أُنْفِقُ | أَنْفَقْتُ | سَأُنْفِقُ |
| 2sg | تُنْفِقُ | أَنْفَقْتَ | سَتُنْفِقُ |
| 3sg | يُنْفِقُ | أَنْفَقَ | سَيُنْفِقُ |
| 1pl | نُنْفِقُ | أَنْفَقْنَا | سَنُنْفِقُ |
| 2pl | تُنْفِقُونَ | أَنْفَقْتُمْ | سَتُنْفِقُونَ |
| 3pl | يُنْفِقُونَ | أَنْفَقُوا | سَيُنْفِقُونَ |
Word family
Etymology
The verb comes from the Semitic root n-f-q, whose core sense is to go out or be used up. Arabic built the causative Form IV verb أَنْفَقَ on this root to mean making money go out, that is, spending it. The same root gives نَفَق, a tunnel, a passage things go out through, and نَفَقَة, an expense or maintenance payment.
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