نفى

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See also: نفا, نفي, نقئ, and نقي

Arabic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From the root ن ف ي (n-f-y).

Verb

نَفَى (nafā) I, non-past يَنْفِي‎ (yanfī)

  1. to carry off, to remove, to relegate
  2. to expel, to drive away, to banish
  3. to pour off its water (cloud)
  4. to deny
  5. to negate
    نَفْيُ النَّفْيِ إِثْبَات
    nafyu n-nafyi ʔiṯbāt
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Conjugation

References

  • Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “نفى”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes[1] (in French), volume 2, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 706
  • Freytag, Georg (1837) “نفى”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum[2] (in Latin), volume 4, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 318
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “نفى”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary[3], London: W.H. Allen, page 1139