ناحية

Arabic

Root
ن ح و (n ḥ w)
3 terms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /naː.ħi.ja/

Noun

نَاحِيَة • (nāḥiyaf (plural نَوَاحٍ (nawāḥin))

  1. side, direction
    مِنْ نَاحِيَةٍmin nāḥiyatinon the other hand
  2. region, area
  3. nahiyah; a type of local administrative division, sometimes translated as "subdistrict"

Declension

Declension of noun نَاحِيَة (nāḥiya)
singular singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
indefinite definite construct
informal نَاحِيَة
nāḥiya
النَّاحِيَة
an-nāḥiya
نَاحِيَة
nāḥiyat
nominative نَاحِيَةٌ
nāḥiyatun
النَّاحِيَةُ
an-nāḥiyatu
نَاحِيَةُ
nāḥiyatu
accusative نَاحِيَةً
nāḥiyatan
النَّاحِيَةَ
an-nāḥiyata
نَاحِيَةَ
nāḥiyata
genitive نَاحِيَةٍ
nāḥiyatin
النَّاحِيَةِ
an-nāḥiyati
نَاحِيَةِ
nāḥiyati
dual indefinite definite construct
informal نَاحِيَتَيْن
nāḥiyatayn
النَّاحِيَتَيْن
an-nāḥiyatayn
نَاحِيَتَيْ
nāḥiyatay
nominative نَاحِيَتَانِ
nāḥiyatāni
النَّاحِيَتَانِ
an-nāḥiyatāni
نَاحِيَتَا
nāḥiyatā
accusative نَاحِيَتَيْنِ
nāḥiyatayni
النَّاحِيَتَيْنِ
an-nāḥiyatayni
نَاحِيَتَيْ
nāḥiyatay
genitive نَاحِيَتَيْنِ
nāḥiyatayni
النَّاحِيَتَيْنِ
an-nāḥiyatayni
نَاحِيَتَيْ
nāḥiyatay
plural broken plural diptote in ـٍ (-in)
indefinite definite construct
informal نَوَاحِي
nawāḥī
النَّوَاحِي
an-nawāḥī
نَوَاحِي
nawāḥī
nominative نَوَاحٍ
nawāḥin
النَّوَاحِي
an-nawāḥī
نَوَاحِي
nawāḥī
accusative نَوَاحِيَ
nawāḥiya
النَّوَاحِيَ
an-nawāḥiya
نَوَاحِيَ
nawāḥiya
genitive نَوَاحٍ
nawāḥin
النَّوَاحِي
an-nawāḥī
نَوَاحِي
nawāḥī

Descendants

  • Maltese: naħa
  • Azerbaijani: nahiyə
  • English: nahiyah
  • Hausa: nāhiyā̀
  • Ottoman Turkish: ناحیه (nâhiye)
  • Persian: ناحیه (nâhiye)
    Uyghur: ناھىيە (nahiye)

References

  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “نحو”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Preposition

نَاحِيَةَ • (nāḥiyata)

  1. towards

Inflection

Inflected forms
base form نَاحِيَةَ (nāḥiyata)
Personal-pronoun including forms
singular dual plural
m f m f
1st person نَاحِيَتِي (nāḥiyatī) نَاحِيَتَنَا (nāḥiyatanā)
2nd person نَاحِيَتَكَ (nāḥiyataka) نَاحِيَتَكِ (nāḥiyataki) نَاحِيَتَكُمَا (nāḥiyatakumā) نَاحِيَتَكُمْ (nāḥiyatakum) نَاحِيَتَكُنَّ (nāḥiyatakunna)
3rd person نَاحِيَتَهُ (nāḥiyatahu) نَاحِيَتَهَا (nāḥiyatahā) نَاحِيَتَهُمَا (nāḥiyatahumā) نَاحِيَتَهُمْ (nāḥiyatahum) نَاحِيَتَهُنَّ (nāḥiyatahunna)