ن و ي

Arabic

Root

ن و ي • (n-w-y)

1. related to getting to a distant point

Derived terms

• Form I: نَوَى (nawā, “to intend”)
  • Verbal noun: نِيَّة (niyya), نَوَاة (nawāh)
  • Active participle: نَاوٍ (nāwin)
  • Passive participle: مَنْوِيّ (manwiyy)
• Form I: نَوَى (nawā, “to be distant”)
  • Verbal noun: نَوًى (nawan)
  • Active participle: نَاوٍ (nāwin)
  • Passive participle: مَنْوِيّ (manwiyy)
• Form II: نَوَّى (nawwā, “to make follow the intended; to execute, to follow, to accomplish; to project date pits”)
  • Verbal noun: تَنْوِيَة (tanwiya)
  • Active participle: مُنَوٍّ (munawwin)
  • Passive participle: مُنَوًّى (munawwan)
• Form III: نَاوَى (nāwā, “to feud with, to be antipodal to”)
  • Verbal noun: مُنَاوَاة (munāwāh), نِوَاء (niwāʔ)
  • Active participle: مُنَاوٍ (munāwin)
  • Passive participle: مُنَاوًى (munāwan)
• Form IV: أَنْوَى (ʔanwā, “to be afar, to be distant; to project date pits”)
  • Verbal noun: إِنْوَاء (ʔinwāʔ)
  • Active participle: مُنْوٍ (munwin)
  • Passive participle: مُنْوًى (munwan)
• Form V: تَنَوَّى (tanawwā, “to intend”)
  • Verbal noun: تَنَوٍّ (tanawwin)
  • Active participle: مُتَنَوٍّ (mutanawwin)
  • Passive participle: مُتَنَوًّى (mutanawwan)
• Form VIII: اِنْتَوَى (intawā, “to intend”)
  • Verbal noun: اِنْتِوَاء (intiwāʔ)
  • Active participle: مُنْتَوٍ (muntawin)
  • Passive participle: مُنْتَوًى (muntawan)
• Form X: اِسْتَنْوَى (istanwā, “to project date pits”)
  • Verbal noun: اِسْتِنْوَاء (istinwāʔ)
  • Active participle: مُسْتَنْوٍ (mustanwin)
  • Passive participle: مُسْتَنْوًى (mustanwan)

• نَوًى (nawan, “pit, kernel”)
• مَنْوًى (manwan, “intention”)

References

• Freytag, Georg (1837) “ن و ي”, 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 356–357
• Wehr, Hans (1979) “نوي”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 1188
• Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “ن و ي”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎^[2] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 1332