لائق

Arabic

Root
ل ي ق (l-y-q)

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))

1. 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
	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)
• → Ottoman Turkish: لایق (layık), لائق (la'ik)
  • Turkish: layık
• → Persian: لایق (lâyeq)
  • → Hindi: लायक़ (lāyaq), लाइक़ (lāiq)
  • → Urdu: لایق (lāyaq)
• → Turkmen: laýyk
• → Uyghur: لايىق (layiq)
• → Uzbek: loyiq

References

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