نفي

See also: نقئ, نفى, and نقي

Arabic

Etymology 1

From the root ن ف ي (n-f-y).

Noun

نَفْي • (nafy) m

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

   نَفْيُ النَّفْيِ إِثْبَاتٌ

   nafyu an-nafyi ʔiṯbātun

   The negation of negation is an affirmation.

   Antonym: إِثْبَات (ʔiṯbāt)

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

References

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

Etymology 2

Verb

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

Etymology 3

Verb

1. first-person plural non-past active indicative of وَفَى (wafā)

Verb

1. first-person plural non-past active subjunctive of وَفَى (wafā)