نواة

Arabic

Etymology 1

From the root ن و ي (n-w-y).

Noun

نَوَاة • (nawāh) f (singulative, collective نَوًى m (nawan), plural نَوَيَات (nawayāt), paucal نَوَيَات (nawayāt))

1. date pit

   لَفَظَ لَفْظَ آلنَّوَاةِ (“to brush aside, reject”, literally “to spit the spitting of a date pit”)

2. (fruit) kernel
3. (fruit, general) center, core
4. (physics, general) nucleus

Declension

Declension of noun نَوَاة (nawāh)

Singulative	singulative triptote in ـَاة (-āh)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	نَوَاة nawāt	النَّوَاة an-nawāt	نَوَاة nawāt
Nominative	نَوَاةٌ nawātun	النَّوَاةُ an-nawātu	نَوَاةُ nawātu
Accusative	نَوَاةً nawātan	النَّوَاةَ an-nawāta	نَوَاةَ nawāta
Genitive	نَوَاةٍ nawātin	النَّوَاةِ an-nawāti	نَوَاةِ nawāti
Collective	collective in ـًى (-an)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	نَوَى nawā	النَّوَى an-nawā	نَوَى nawā
Nominative	نَوًى nawan	النَّوَى an-nawā	نَوَى nawā
Accusative	نَوًى nawan	النَّوَى an-nawā	نَوَى nawā
Genitive	نَوًى nawan	النَّوَى an-nawā	نَوَى nawā
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	نَوَاتَيْن nawātayn	النَّوَاتَيْن an-nawātayn	نَوَاتَيْ nawātay
Nominative	نَوَاتَانِ nawātāni	النَّوَاتَانِ an-nawātāni	نَوَاتَا nawātā
Accusative	نَوَاتَيْنِ nawātayni	النَّوَاتَيْنِ an-nawātayni	نَوَاتَيْ nawātay
Genitive	نَوَاتَيْنِ nawātayni	النَّوَاتَيْنِ an-nawātayni	نَوَاتَيْ nawātay
Paucal (3-10)	sound feminine paucal
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	نَوَيَات nawayāt	النَّوَيَات an-nawayāt	نَوَيَات nawayāt
Nominative	نَوَيَاتٌ nawayātun	النَّوَيَاتُ an-nawayātu	نَوَيَاتُ nawayātu
Accusative	نَوَيَاتٍ nawayātin	النَّوَيَاتِ an-nawayāti	نَوَيَاتِ nawayāti
Genitive	نَوَيَاتٍ nawayātin	النَّوَيَاتِ an-nawayāti	نَوَيَاتِ nawayāti
Plural of variety	sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	نَوَيَات nawayāt	النَّوَيَات an-nawayāt	نَوَيَات nawayāt
Nominative	نَوَيَاتٌ nawayātun	النَّوَيَاتُ an-nawayātu	نَوَيَاتُ nawayātu
Accusative	نَوَيَاتٍ nawayātin	النَّوَيَاتِ an-nawayāti	نَوَيَاتِ nawayāti
Genitive	نَوَيَاتٍ nawayātin	النَّوَيَاتِ an-nawayāti	نَوَيَاتِ nawayāti

Derived terms

• نَوَوِيّ (nawawiyy, “nuclear, atomic”)

References

• Wehr, Hans (1979) “نوي”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Etymology 2

Verbal noun of نَوَى (nawā, “to indend, to determine (to do something)”), from the root ن و ي (n-w-y).

Noun

نَوَاة • (nawāh) f

1. verbal noun of نَوَى (nawā) (form I)
2. intention, purpose
3. determination

Declension

Declension of noun نَوَاة (nawāh)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَاة (-āh)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	نَوَاة nawāt	النَّوَاة an-nawāt	نَوَاة nawāt
Nominative	نَوَاةٌ nawātun	النَّوَاةُ an-nawātu	نَوَاةُ nawātu
Accusative	نَوَاةً nawātan	النَّوَاةَ an-nawāta	نَوَاةَ nawāta
Genitive	نَوَاةٍ nawātin	النَّوَاةِ an-nawāti	نَوَاةِ nawāti

References

• Wehr, Hans (1979) “نوي”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN