نهي

See also: نهی and نهى

Arabic

Root
ن ه ي (n h y)
7 terms

Noun

نَهْي • (nahy) m (plural نَوَاهٍ (nawāhin))

1. verbal noun of نَهَى (nahā) (form I)
2. an order not to do something, a prohibition, a proscription

   Antonym: أَمْر (ʔamr)

3. (grammar) negative imperative, prohibitive; a grammatical form used to express prohibition or to instruct someone not to perform a particular action. In Arabic grammar, it uses the word لَا (lā) followed by the verb, as in لَا تَذْهَبْ (lā taḏhab, “do not go”).

Declension

Declension of noun نَهْي (nahy)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	نَهْي nahy	النَّهْي an-nahy	نَهْي nahy
Nominative	نَهْيٌ nahyun	النَّهْيُ an-nahyu	نَهْيُ nahyu
Accusative	نَهْيًا nahyan	النَّهْيَ an-nahya	نَهْيَ nahya
Genitive	نَهْيٍ nahyin	النَّهْيِ an-nahyi	نَهْيِ nahyi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	نَهْيَيْن nahyayn	النَّهْيَيْن an-nahyayn	نَهْيَيْ nahyay
Nominative	نَهْيَانِ nahyāni	النَّهْيَانِ an-nahyāni	نَهْيَا nahyā
Accusative	نَهْيَيْنِ nahyayni	النَّهْيَيْنِ an-nahyayni	نَهْيَيْ nahyay
Genitive	نَهْيَيْنِ nahyayni	النَّهْيَيْنِ an-nahyayni	نَهْيَيْ nahyay
Plural	broken plural diptote in ـٍ (-in)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	نَوَاهِي nawāhī	النَّوَاهِي an-nawāhī	نَوَاهِي nawāhī
Nominative	نَوَاهٍ nawāhin	النَّوَاهِي an-nawāhī	نَوَاهِي nawāhī
Accusative	نَوَاهِيَ nawāhiya	النَّوَاهِيَ an-nawāhiya	نَوَاهِيَ nawāhiya
Genitive	نَوَاهٍ nawāhin	النَّوَاهِي an-nawāhī	نَوَاهِي nawāhī