نفى

See also: نفا, نفي, نقئ, and نقي

Arabic

Root
ن ف ي (n-f-y)

Alternative forms

Verb

نَفَى • (nafā) I, non-past يَنْفِي‎ (yanfī)

  1. to carry off, to remove, to relegate
  2. to expel, to drive away, to banish
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 5:33:
      أَوْ يُنْفَوْا مِنَ الْأَرْضِ
      ʔaw yunfaw mina l-ʔarḍi
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  3. to pour off its water (cloud)
  4. to deny
  5. to negate
    نَفْيُ النَّفْيِ إِثْبَات
    nafyu n-nafyi ʔiṯbāt
    The negation of negation is affirmation

Conjugation

Verb

نَفَّى • (naffā) II, non-past يُنَفِّي‎ (yunaffī)

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    • 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)

Conjugation

References

  • Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “نفى”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes (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 (in Latin), volume 4, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 318
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “نفى”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen, page 1139

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ن ف ي
1 term

Etymology

From Arabic نَفَى (nafā).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /na.fa/, [ˈna.fa]
  • (file)

Verb

نفى • (nafa) I (present بنفي (binfi))

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

Conjugation

    Conjugation of نفى (nafa)
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)
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