نفي

See also: نقئ, نفى, and نقي

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
ن ف ي (n f y)
13 terms

Verbal noun of نَفَى (nafā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nafj/

Noun

نَفْي • (nafy) m

1. verbal noun of نَفَى (nafā) (form I)
2. (general, logic) negation

   Antonym: إِثْبَات (ʔiṯbāt)

   نَفْيُ النَّفْيِ إِثْبَاتٌ

   nafyu n-nafyi ʔiṯbatun

   The negation of negation is an affirmation.

3. prohibition
4. exile, expulsion, banishment, excommunication
5. denial

Declension

Declension of noun نَفْي (nafy)

singular	basic singular triptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	نَفْي nafy	النَّفْي an-nafy	نَفْي nafy
nominative	نَفْيٌ nafyun	النَّفْيُ an-nafyu	نَفْيُ nafyu
accusative	نَفْيًا nafyan	النَّفْيَ an-nafya	نَفْيَ nafya
genitive	نَفْيٍ nafyin	النَّفْيِ an-nafyi	نَفْيِ nafyi

Descendants

• → Persian: نفی (nafy)
• → Ottoman Turkish: نفی (nefiy)
  • > Turkish: nefiy (inherited)
  • → Crimean Tatar: nefiy

References

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

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

نُفِيَ • (nufiya) (form I) /nu.fi.ja/

1. third-person masculine singular past passive of نَفَا (nafā) and نَفَى (nafā)

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

نفي (form I)

1. نَفِي (nafī) /na.fiː/: first-person dual/plural non-past active indicative of وَفَى (wafā)
2. نَفِيَ (nafiya) /na.fi.ja/: first-person dual/plural non-past active subjunctive of وَفَى (wafā)

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

نِفِّي • (niffī) (form I) /nif.fiː/

1. second-person feminine singular imperative of نَفَّ (naffa)

Etymology 5

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

نفي (form II)

1. نُفِّيَ (nuffiya) /nuf.fi.ja/: third-person masculine singular past passive of نَفَّى (naffā)
2. نَفِّي (naffī) /naf.fiː/: second-person feminine singular imperative of نَفَّى (naffā)