نواة

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
ن و ي (n-w-y)

Noun

نَوَاة • (nawāh) f (singulative, collective نَوًى m (nawan), plural نَوَيَات (nawayāt), paucal نَوَيَات (nawayāt))

  1. date pit
    لَفَظَ لَفْظَ آلنَّوَاةِ (to brush aside, reject, literally to spit the spitting of a date pit)
  2. (fruit) kernel
  3. (computing) kernel
    نواة لينكسnawāt liniks[The] Linux kernel
  4. (fruit, general) center, core
  5. (physics, general) nucleus
Declension
Derived terms
References
  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “نوي”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Etymology 2

Root
ن و ي (n-w-y)

Verbal noun of نَوَى (nawā, to intend, to determine (to do something)).

Noun

نَوَاة • (nawāh) f

  1. verbal noun of نَوَى (nawā) (form I)
  2. intention, purpose
  3. determination
Declension
References
  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “نوي”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
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