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لائِق
suitable, fitting /ˈlaː.ʔiq/
adjectiveB1#2363 most common
Also: appropriate, decent, becoming
Example sentences
هذا القميص لائق.
This shirt is decent.
هل هذا المكان لائق للأطفال؟
Is this place suitable for children?
يجب أن نرتدي ملابس لائقة في العمل.
We must wear appropriate clothes at work.
تصرفه لم يكن لائقاً أمام الضيوف.
His behavior was not appropriate in front of the guests.
لم تكن تلك التعليقات لائقة بمنصبه كوزير.
Those remarks were not befitting his position as a minister.
من غير اللائق أن نناقش مثل هذه القضايا الحساسة في العلن.
It is not proper to discuss such sensitive matters in public.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | لائقٌ | لائقونَ |
| Genitive | لائقٍ | لائقينَ |
| Accusative | لائقًا | لائقينَ |
| Vocative | يا لائقُ | يا لائقونَ |
Word family
لاق يليقto suit, to be fitting
لياقةfitness, suitability (also physical fitness in لياقة بدنية)
لائقةsuitable, fitting (feminine form)
غير لائقunsuitable, indecent, inappropriate
أليقmore fitting, more appropriate
Etymology
لائِق comes from the hollow root ل-ي-ق, tied to the verb لاق يليق, meaning to suit or to fit well. لائِق is the active participle of this verb, so it literally denotes something that fits or suits a purpose. Over time the word broadened from physical fit to social and moral fitness, covering proper conduct, dress, and speech.
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