ن • ف • ق

The marked became brisk, its goods selling much; syn. قَامَت. (K.) نَفَقَ It was, or became, saleable; easy, or ready, of sale; or in much demand: see its syn. رَاجَ. نَفَقَتْ It (a commodity, سِلْعَة,) was in much demand: and she (a woman) was demanded in marriage by many. (Msb.) نَفِقَتِ الدَّراَهِمُ, inf. n. نَفَقٌ, The dirhems passed away, came to an end, or became spent or exhausted; syn. نَفِدَت. (Msb.)

He played the hypocrite in religion: (K, TA:) he pretended, to the Muslims, that he held the religion of El-Islám, concealing in his heart another religion than El-Islám. (Msb.) And نَافَقَ فُلاَنًا He acted with such a one hypocritically. (TK in art. دهن. [But I have not found this elsewhere.]) And نَافَقَ فِى المَحَبَّةِ [He acted the hypocrite in respect of love]. (Har, p. 505.) See خَانَ.

He expended money: and he (God or a man) dispensed gifts.

[The slaughtered camel became dealt out, or dispensed]. (S, K in art. شيط.) تَنَفَّقَ: see Har, p. 472. تَنَفَّقَ It (a wound) cracked in its sides, and made, in the flesh, what resembled ↓ أَنْفَاق, i. e. holes in the ground, or subterranean excavations or habitations, pl. of نَفَقٌ. (TA in art. دسم.)

: see سَرَبٌ أَنْفَاقٌ The hole of rats or mice. (S, TA in art. خفى:) see 1 in that art.: holes in the ground; or subterranean excavations or habitations; pl. of نَفَقٌ. (TA in art. دسم.) See 5. -A2- Also Fresh olive-oil: see فَاقٌ in art. فوق: also mentioned in art. نفق in the TA.

What one expends, of money and the like, (K, TA,) upon himself and upon his family or household. (TA.)

The part of a pair of drawers, or trousers, which is turned down at the top, and sewed, and through which the waistband, or string, passes. See نُقْبَة.