ن م و

Arabic

Root

ن م و • (n-m-w)

1. Related to growth

Derived terms

Verbs

• Form I: نَمَا (namā, “to grow”)
  • Verbal noun: نُمُوّ (numuww)
  • Active participle: نَامٍ (nāmin)
  • Passive participle: مَنْمُوّ (manmuww)
• Form II: نَمَّى (nammā, “to grow, to raise”)
  • Verbal noun: تَنْمِيَة (tanmiya)
  • Active participle: مُنَمٍّ (munammin)
  • Passive participle: مُنَمًّى (munamman)
• Form IV: أَنْمَى (ʔanmā, “to grow, to cultivate”)
  • Verbal noun: إِنْمَاء (ʔinmāʔ)
  • Active participle: مُنْمٍ (munmin)
  • Passive participle: مُنْمًى (munman)
• Form V: تَنَمَّى (tanammā)
  • Verbal noun: تَنَمٍّ (tanammin)
  • Active participle: مُتَنَمٍّ (mutanammin)
• Form VI: تَنَامَى (tanāmā, “to grow steadily”)
  • Verbal noun: تَنَامٍ (tanāmin)
  • Active participle: مُتَنَامٍ (mutanāmin)
• Form VIII: اِنْتَمَى (intamā, “to descend from, to belong to”)
  • Verbal noun: اِنْتِمَاء (intimāʔ)
  • Active participle: مُنْتَمٍ (muntamin)

Nouns

• نامِيَة (nāmiya, “outgrowth, tiller”); pl. نَوَامٍ (nawāmin)

References

• Freytag, Georg (1837) “ن م و”, 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, pages 340–341