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نفى

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See also: نفا, نفي, نقئ, and نقي

Arabic

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Root
ن ف ي (n f y)
12 terms

Alternative forms

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Verb

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نَفَى (nafā) I (non-past يَنْفِي (yanfī), verbal noun نَفْي (nafy))

  1. to carry off, to remove, to relegate
  2. to expel, to drive away, to banish
  3. to pour off its water (cloud)
  4. to deny
  5. to negate
    نَفْيُ النَّفْيِ إِثْبَاتnafyu n-nafyi ʔiṯbātThe negation of negation is affirmation

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نَفَّى (naffā) II (non-past يُنَفِّي (yunaffī), verbal noun تَنْفِيَة (tanfiya))

  1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
    • Al-Mutanabbi
      إِذَا كُنْتَ فِي شَكٍّ مِنَ ٱلسَّيْفِ فَٱبْلُهُ / فَإِمَّا تُنَفِّيهِ وَإِمَّا تُعِدُّهُ
      ʔiḏā kunta fī šakkin mina s-sayfi fabluhu / faʔimmā tunaffīhi waʔimmā tuʕidduhu
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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References

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  • Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “نفى”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes[1] (in French), volume 2, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 706
  • Freytag, Georg (1837) “نفى”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum[2] (in Latin), volume 4, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 318
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “نفى”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary[3], London: W.H. Allen, page 1139

South Levantine Arabic

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Etymology

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From Arabic نَفَى (nafā).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /na.fa/, [ˈna.fa]
  • Audio (al-Lidd):(file)

Verb

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نفى (nafa) I (present بنفي (binfi))

  1. to deny
  2. to deport, to banish, to exile, to expel
    Synonyms: طرد (ṭarad), أبعد (ʔabʕad)

Conjugation

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Conjugation of نفى
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m نفيت (nafēt) نفيت (nafēt) نفى (nafa) نفينا (nafēna) نفيتو (nafētu) نفو (nafu)
f نفيتي (nafēti) نفت (nafat)
present m بنفي (banfi) بتنفي (btinfi) بينفي (binfi) مننفي (mninfi) بتنفو (btinfu) بنفو (binfu)
f بتنفي (btinfi) بتنفي (btinfi)
subjunctive m انفي (anfi) تنفي (tinfi) ينفي (yinfi) ننفي (ninfi) تنفو (tinfu) ينفو (yinfu)
f تنفي (tinfi) تنفي (tinfi)
imperative m انفي (infi) انفو (infu)
f انفي (infi)