نهي

See also: نهی and نهى

Arabic

Root
ن ه ي (n h y)
8 terms

نَهْي • (nahy) m (plural نَوَاهٍ (nawāhin))

verbal noun of نَهَى (nahā) (form I)
an order not to do something, a prohibition, a proscription
Antonym: أَمْر (ʔamr)
(grammar) negative imperative, prohibitive; a grammatical form used to express prohibition or to instruct someone not to perform a particular action. In Arabic grammar, it uses the word لَا (lā) followed by the verb, as in لَا تَذْهَبْ (lā taḏhab, “do not go”).

Declension of noun **نَهْي** (nahy)
singular	basic singular triptote
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	نَهْي nahy	النَّهْي an-nahy	نَهْي nahy
nominative	نَهْيٌ nahyun	النَّهْيُ an-nahyu	نَهْيُ nahyu
accusative	نَهْيًا nahyan	النَّهْيَ an-nahya	نَهْيَ nahya
genitive	نَهْيٍ nahyin	النَّهْيِ an-nahyi	نَهْيِ nahyi
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	نَهْيَيْن nahyayn	النَّهْيَيْن an-nahyayn	نَهْيَيْ nahyay
nominative	نَهْيَانِ nahyāni	النَّهْيَانِ an-nahyāni	نَهْيَا nahyā
accusative	نَهْيَيْنِ nahyayni	النَّهْيَيْنِ an-nahyayni	نَهْيَيْ nahyay
genitive	نَهْيَيْنِ nahyayni	النَّهْيَيْنِ an-nahyayni	نَهْيَيْ nahyay
plural	broken plural diptote in ـٍ (-in)
plural	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	نَوَاهِي nawāhī	النَّوَاهِي an-nawāhī	نَوَاهِي nawāhī
nominative	نَوَاهٍ nawāhin	النَّوَاهِي an-nawāhī	نَوَاهِي nawāhī
accusative	نَوَاهِيَ nawāhiya	النَّوَاهِيَ an-nawāhiya	نَوَاهِيَ nawāhiya
genitive	نَوَاهٍ nawāhin	النَّوَاهِي an-nawāhī	نَوَاهِي nawāhī