ن ي ء

Arabic

Etymology

Compare Ge'ez ነ የ እ (n-y-ʾ, “related to being raw”).

Root

ن ي ء • (n-y-ʔ)

1. related to being raw

Derived terms

• Form I: نَاءَ (nāʔa, “to be raw, to be uncooked”)
  • Verbal noun: نَيْء (nayʔ), نُيُوء (nuyūʔ), نُيُوءَة (nuyūʔa)
  • Active participle: نَاءٍ (nāʔin)
• Form II: نَيَّأَ (nayyaʔa, “to cook not through, to treat incompletely”)
  • Verbal noun: تَنْيِيء (tanyīʔ)
  • Active participle: مُنَيِّئ (munayyiʔ)
  • Passive participle: مُنَيَّأ (munayyaʔ)
• Form IV: أَنَاءَ (ʔanāʔa, “to cook not through, to leave half-cooked”)
  • Verbal noun: إِنَاءَة (ʔināʔa)
  • Active participle: مُنِيء (munīʔ)
  • Passive participle: مُنَاء (munāʔ)

References

• Freytag, Georg (1837) “ن ي ء”, 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 357
• Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “ن ي ء”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎^[2] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 1333