نضي

Arabic

Root
ن ض و (n ḍ w)
2 terms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /na.dˤijj/

Noun

نَضِيّ • (naḍiyym (plural أَنْضِيَة (ʔanḍiya))

  1. arrow shaft
    Synonym: قِدْح (qidḥ)
    • 7th century CE, Ṣaḥīḥ al-Buḵāriyy, 61:117:
      يَقْرَءُونَ الْقُرْآنَ لَا يُجَاوِزُ تَرَاقِيَهُمْ، يَمْرُقُونَ مِنَ الدِّينِ كَمَا يَمْرُقُ السَّهْمُ مِنَ الرَّمِيَّةِ، يُنْظَرُ إِلَى نَصْلِهِ فَلَا يُوجَدُ فِيهِ شَيْءٌ، ثُمَّ يُنْظَرُ إِلَى رِصَافِهِ فَمَا يُوجَدُ فِيهِ شَيْءٌ، ثُمَّ يُنْظَرُ إِلَى نَضِيِّهِ ـ وَهُوَ قِدْحُهُ ـ فَلَا يُوجَدُ فِيهِ شَيْءٌ، ثُمَّ يُنْظَرُ إِلَى قُذَذِهِ فَلَا يُوجَدُ فِيهِ شَيْءٌ، قَدْ سَبَقَ الْفَرْثَ وَٱلدَّمَ.
      yaqraʔūna l-qurʔāna lā yujāwizu tarāqiya-hum, yamruqūna mina d-dīni kamā yamruqu s-sahmu mina r-ramiyyati, yunẓaru ʔilā naṣli-hī fa-lā yūjadu fī-hi šayʔun, ṯumma yunẓaru ʔilā riṣāfi-hī fa-mā yūjadu fī-hi šayʔun, ṯumma yunẓaru ʔilā naḍiyyi-hī - wa-huwa qidḥu-hū - fa-lā yūjadu fī-hi šayʔun, ṯumma yunẓaru ʔilā quḏaḏi-hī fa-lā yūjadu fī-hi šayʔun, qad sabaqa l-farṯa wa-d-dama.
      They recite the Qurʾān but it does not go beyond their clavicles and they will desert the creed as an arrow goes through a target’s body, so one would, on looking at the arrow’s blade, see nothing on it; then one would look at its sinew and see nothing, then one would look at its arrowshaft and see nothing, then one would look at its fletching and would see nothing, for the arrow, by its speed, has even obviated entrails and blood.

Declension

Declension of noun نَضِيّ (naḍiyy)
singular basic singular triptote
indefinite definite construct
informal نَضِي
naḍī
النَّضِي
an-naḍī
نَضِي
naḍī
nominative نَضِيٌّ
naḍiyyun
النَّضِيُّ
an-naḍiyyu
نَضِيُّ
naḍiyyu
accusative نَضِيًّا
naḍiyyan
النَّضِيَّ
an-naḍiyya
نَضِيَّ
naḍiyya
genitive نَضِيٍّ
naḍiyyin
النَّضِيِّ
an-naḍiyyi
نَضِيِّ
naḍiyyi
dual indefinite definite construct
informal نَضِيَّيْن
naḍiyyayn
النَّضِيَّيْن
an-naḍiyyayn
نَضِيَّيْ
naḍiyyay
nominative نَضِيَّانِ
naḍiyyāni
النَّضِيَّانِ
an-naḍiyyāni
نَضِيَّا
naḍiyyā
accusative نَضِيَّيْنِ
naḍiyyayni
النَّضِيَّيْنِ
an-naḍiyyayni
نَضِيَّيْ
naḍiyyay
genitive نَضِيَّيْنِ
naḍiyyayni
النَّضِيَّيْنِ
an-naḍiyyayni
نَضِيَّيْ
naḍiyyay
plural broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a)
indefinite definite construct
informal أَنْضِيَة
ʔanḍiya
الْأَنْضِيَة
al-ʔanḍiya
أَنْضِيَة
ʔanḍiyat
nominative أَنْضِيَةٌ
ʔanḍiyatun
الْأَنْضِيَةُ
al-ʔanḍiyatu
أَنْضِيَةُ
ʔanḍiyatu
accusative أَنْضِيَةً
ʔanḍiyatan
الْأَنْضِيَةَ
al-ʔanḍiyata
أَنْضِيَةَ
ʔanḍiyata
genitive أَنْضِيَةٍ
ʔanḍiyatin
الْأَنْضِيَةِ
al-ʔanḍiyati
أَنْضِيَةِ
ʔanḍiyati

Adjective

نَضِيّ • (naḍiyy) (masculine plural أَنْضِيَة (ʔanḍiya))

  1. meagre, scrawny

Declension

Declension of adjective نَضِيّ (naḍiyy)
singular masculine feminine
basic singular triptote singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
indefinite definite indefinite definite
informal نَضِي
naḍī
النَّضِي
an-naḍī
نَضِيَّة
naḍiyya
النَّضِيَّة
an-naḍiyya
nominative نَضِيٌّ
naḍiyyun
النَّضِيُّ
an-naḍiyyu
نَضِيَّةٌ
naḍiyyatun
النَّضِيَّةُ
an-naḍiyyatu
accusative نَضِيًّا
naḍiyyan
النَّضِيَّ
an-naḍiyya
نَضِيَّةً
naḍiyyatan
النَّضِيَّةَ
an-naḍiyyata
genitive نَضِيٍّ
naḍiyyin
النَّضِيِّ
an-naḍiyyi
نَضِيَّةٍ
naḍiyyatin
النَّضِيَّةِ
an-naḍiyyati
dual masculine feminine
indefinite definite indefinite definite
informal نَضِيَّيْن
naḍiyyayn
النَّضِيَّيْن
an-naḍiyyayn
نَضِيَّتَيْن
naḍiyyatayn
النَّضِيَّتَيْن
an-naḍiyyatayn
nominative نَضِيَّانِ
naḍiyyāni
النَّضِيَّانِ
an-naḍiyyāni
نَضِيَّتَانِ
naḍiyyatāni
النَّضِيَّتَانِ
an-naḍiyyatāni
accusative نَضِيَّيْنِ
naḍiyyayni
النَّضِيَّيْنِ
an-naḍiyyayni
نَضِيَّتَيْنِ
naḍiyyatayni
النَّضِيَّتَيْنِ
an-naḍiyyatayni
genitive نَضِيَّيْنِ
naḍiyyayni
النَّضِيَّيْنِ
an-naḍiyyayni
نَضِيَّتَيْنِ
naḍiyyatayni
النَّضِيَّتَيْنِ
an-naḍiyyatayni
plural masculine feminine
broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a) sound feminine plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
informal أَنْضِيَة
ʔanḍiya
الْأَنْضِيَة
al-ʔanḍiya
نَضِيَّات
naḍiyyāt
النَّضِيَّات
an-naḍiyyāt
nominative أَنْضِيَةٌ
ʔanḍiyatun
الْأَنْضِيَةُ
al-ʔanḍiyatu
نَضِيَّاتٌ
naḍiyyātun
النَّضِيَّاتُ
an-naḍiyyātu
accusative أَنْضِيَةً
ʔanḍiyatan
الْأَنْضِيَةَ
al-ʔanḍiyata
نَضِيَّاتٍ
naḍiyyātin
النَّضِيَّاتِ
an-naḍiyyāti
genitive أَنْضِيَةٍ
ʔanḍiyatin
الْأَنْضِيَةِ
al-ʔanḍiyati
نَضِيَّاتٍ
naḍiyyātin
النَّضِيَّاتِ
an-naḍiyyāti

References

  • نضي” in Almaany
  • Freytag, Georg (1837) “نضي”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum[1] (in Latin), volume 4, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 294
  • Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860) “نضي”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc[2] (in French), volume 2, Paris: Maisonneuve et Cie, page 1282