نفي

See also: نقئ, نفى, and نقي

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
ن ف ي (n f y)
12 terms

Verbal noun of نَفَى (nafā).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nafj/

Noun

نَفْي • (nafym

  1. verbal noun of نَفَى (nafā) (form I)
  2. (general, logic) negation
    Antonym: إِثْبَات (ʔiṯbāt)
    نَفْيُ النَّفْيِ إِثْبَاتٌ
    nafyu n-nafyi ʔiṯbatun
    The negation of negation is an affirmation.
  3. prohibition
  4. exile, expulsion, banishment, excommunication
  5. denial
Declension
Declension of noun نَفْي (nafy)
singular basic singular triptote
indefinite definite construct
informal نَفْي
nafy
النَّفْي
an-nafy
نَفْي
nafy
nominative نَفْيٌ
nafyun
النَّفْيُ
an-nafyu
نَفْيُ
nafyu
accusative نَفْيًا
nafyan
النَّفْيَ
an-nafya
نَفْيَ
nafya
genitive نَفْيٍ
nafyin
النَّفْيِ
an-nafyi
نَفْيِ
nafyi
Descendants
  • Persian: نفی (nafy)
  • Ottoman Turkish: نفی (nefiy)
    • > Turkish: nefiy (inherited)
    • Crimean Tatar: nefiy
References

Etymology 2

Verb

نُفِيَ • (nufiya) (form I) /nu.fi.ja/

  1. third-person masculine singular past passive of نَفَا (nafā) and نَفَى (nafā)

Etymology 3

Verb

نفي (form I)

  1. نَفِي (nafī) /na.fiː/: first-person plural non-past active indicative of وَفَى (wafā)
  2. نَفِيَ (nafiya) /na.fi.ja/: first-person plural non-past active subjunctive of وَفَى (wafā)