نحو

See also: نجو

Arabic

Etymology 1.1

Root
ن ح و (n ḥ w)
3 terms

The "grammar" sense, according to a report, is derived from ʿAlī telling ʾAbu al-ʾAswad ad-Duʾali, who is believed to be the first Arabic grammarian: «مَا أَحْسَنَ هٰذَا النَّحْوَ الَّذِي نَحَوْتَ» (“mā ʔaḥsana hāḏā an-naḥwa allaḏī naḥawta”, “How wonderful this direction (naḥw) that you have followed is”)[1] after he showed ʿAlī the grammar he had organized.

Noun

نَحْو • (naḥw) m (plural نُحُوّ (nuḥuww) or أَنْحَاء (ʔanḥāʔ))

  1. side, direction
  2. region, tract
    وَرَدَتْنِي عُرُوضٌ مِنْ كُلِّ أَنْحَاءِ ٱلْعَالَمِ.
    waradatnī ʕurūḍun min kulli ʔanḥāʔi l-ʕālami.
    Offers from all over the world came to me.
  3. road
  4. intention, purpose, tendency
  5. kind, sort, manner
  6. (linguistics, grammar) syntax, grammar
    • Ibn Malik, Alfiyyah
      وَأَسْتَعِينُ اللَّٰهَ فِي أَلْفِيَّةْ / مَقَاصِدُ النَّحْوِ بِهَا مَحْوِيَّةْ
      waʔastaʕīnu llāha fī ʔalfiyyah / maqāṣidu an-naḥwi bihā maḥwiyyah
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
Declension of noun نَحْو (naḥw)
singular basic singular triptote
indefinite definite construct
informal نَحْو
naḥw 		النَّحْو
an-naḥw 		نَحْو
naḥw
nominative نَحْوٌ
naḥwun 		النَّحْوُ
an-naḥwu 		نَحْوُ
naḥwu
accusative نَحْوًا
naḥwan 		النَّحْوَ
an-naḥwa 		نَحْوَ
naḥwa
genitive نَحْوٍ
naḥwin 		النَّحْوِ
an-naḥwi 		نَحْوِ
naḥwi
dual indefinite definite construct
informal نَحْوَيْن
naḥwayn 		النَّحْوَيْن
an-naḥwayn 		نَحْوَيْ
naḥway
nominative نَحْوَانِ
naḥwāni 		النَّحْوَانِ
an-naḥwāni 		نَحْوَا
naḥwā
accusative نَحْوَيْنِ
naḥwayni 		النَّحْوَيْنِ
an-naḥwayni 		نَحْوَيْ
naḥway
genitive نَحْوَيْنِ
naḥwayni 		النَّحْوَيْنِ
an-naḥwayni 		نَحْوَيْ
naḥway
plural basic broken plural triptote
indefinite definite construct
informal نُحُوّ‎; أَنْحَاء
nuḥuww‎; ʔanḥāʔ 		النُّحُوّ‎; الْأَنْحَاء
an-nuḥuww‎; al-ʔanḥāʔ 		نُحُوّ‎; أَنْحَاء
nuḥuww‎; ʔanḥāʔ
nominative نُحُوٌّ‎; أَنْحَاءٌ
nuḥuwwun‎; ʔanḥāʔun 		النُّحُوُّ‎; الْأَنْحَاءُ
an-nuḥuwwu‎; al-ʔanḥāʔu 		نُحُوُّ‎; أَنْحَاءُ
nuḥuwwu‎; ʔanḥāʔu
accusative نُحُوًّا‎; أَنْحَاءً
nuḥuwwan‎; ʔanḥāʔan 		النُّحُوَّ‎; الْأَنْحَاءَ
an-nuḥuwwa‎; al-ʔanḥāʔa 		نُحُوَّ‎; أَنْحَاءَ
nuḥuwwa‎; ʔanḥāʔa
genitive نُحُوٍّ‎; أَنْحَاءٍ
nuḥuwwin‎; ʔanḥāʔin 		النُّحُوِّ‎; الْأَنْحَاءِ
an-nuḥuwwi‎; al-ʔanḥāʔi 		نُحُوِّ‎; أَنْحَاءِ
nuḥuwwi‎; ʔanḥāʔi
Descendants
  • → Azerbaijani: nəhv
  • → Turkish: nahiv
  • → Uzbek: nahv

Preposition

نَحْوَ • (naḥwa)

  1. towards, in the direction of, after, in accordance with
  2. like, like as, as for instance, such as, for example
  3. about
Inflection
Inflected forms
base form نَحْوَ (naḥwa)
Personal-pronoun including forms
singular dual plural
m f m f
1st person نَحْوِي (naḥwī) نَحْوَنَا (naḥwanā)
2nd person نَحْوَكَ (naḥwaka) نَحْوَكِ (naḥwaki) نَحْوَكُمَا (naḥwakumā) نَحْوَكُمْ (naḥwakum) نَحْوَكُنَّ (naḥwakunna)
3rd person نَحْوَهُ (naḥwahu) نَحْوَهَا (naḥwahā) نَحْوَهُمَا (naḥwahumā) نَحْوَهُمْ (naḥwahum) نَحْوَهُنَّ (naḥwahunna)
References

Etymology 1.2

Noun

نُحُوّ • (nuḥuww) m pl

  1. plural of نَحْو (naḥw)

Etymology 2

Verb

نحو (form I)

  1. نَحْوِ (naḥwi) /naħ.wi/: first-person plural non-past active jussive of حَوَى (ḥawā)
  2. نُحْوَ (nuḥwa) /nuħ.wa/: first-person plural non-past passive jussive of حَوَى (ḥawā)

References

  1. ^ سير أعلام النبلاء, Volume 4, Page 82

Malay

Noun

نحو (plural نحو-نحو or نحو٢)

  1. Jawi spelling of nahu.‎

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic نَحْو (naḥw).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? nahw
Dari reading? nahw
Iranian reading? nahv
Tajik reading? nahv

Noun

نحو • (nahv)

  1. syntax
  2. grammar
  3. manner, mode, way
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