نية

Arabic

Root
ن و ي (n w y)
6 terms

Compare Classical Syriac ܢܹܐ (nē, “please”) and Hebrew נָא (ná, “please (adverb), if you please”).

نِيَّة • (niyya) f (plural نِيَّات (niyyāt) or نَوايَا (nawāyā))

verbal noun of نَوَى (nawā, “to think, to intend”) (form I)
intention, purpose, resolution
إِنَّمَا الْأَعْمَالُ بِالنِّيَّاتِ، وَإِنَّمَا لِكُلِّ ٱمْرِئٍ مَا نَوَى
ʔinnamā l-ʔaʕmālu bi-n-niyyāti, wa-ʔinnamā li-kulli mriʔin mā nawā
But deeds are in intentions, and every man will have what he intends.
will, tendency, inclination, wish, object of investigation
(obsolete) distance

Declension of noun **نِيَّة** (niyya)
singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	نِيَّة niyya	النِّيَّة an-niyya	نِيَّة niyyat
nominative	نِيَّةٌ niyyatun	النِّيَّةُ an-niyyatu	نِيَّةُ niyyatu
accusative	نِيَّةً niyyatan	النِّيَّةَ an-niyyata	نِيَّةَ niyyata
genitive	نِيَّةٍ niyyatin	النِّيَّةِ an-niyyati	نِيَّةِ niyyati
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	نِيَّتَيْن niyyatayn	النِّيَّتَيْن an-niyyatayn	نِيَّتَيْ niyyatay
nominative	نِيَّتَانِ niyyatāni	النِّيَّتَانِ an-niyyatāni	نِيَّتَا niyyatā
accusative	نِيَّتَيْنِ niyyatayni	النِّيَّتَيْنِ an-niyyatayni	نِيَّتَيْ niyyatay
genitive	نِيَّتَيْنِ niyyatayni	النِّيَّتَيْنِ an-niyyatayni	نِيَّتَيْ niyyatay
plural	sound feminine plural
plural	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	نِيَّات niyyāt	النِّيَّات an-niyyāt	نِيَّات niyyāt
nominative	نِيَّاتٌ niyyātun	النِّيَّاتُ an-niyyātu	نِيَّاتُ niyyātu
accusative	نِيَّاتٍ niyyātin	النِّيَّاتِ an-niyyāti	نِيَّاتِ niyyāti
genitive	نِيَّاتٍ niyyātin	النِّيَّاتِ an-niyyāti	نِيَّاتِ niyyāti

Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “نية”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen, page 1157