نضي

Arabic

Root
ن ض و (n-ḍ-w)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /na.dˤijj/

Noun

نَضِيّ • (naḍiyy) m (plural أَنْضِيَة (ʔanḍiya))

1. arrow shaft

   Synonym: قِدْح (qidḥ)

   • 7th century CE, Ṣaḥīḥ al-Buḵāriyy, 61:117:

     يَقْرَءُونَ الْقُرْآنَ لَا يُجَاوِزُ تَرَاقِيَهُمْ، يَمْرُقُونَ مِنَ الدِّينِ كَمَا يَمْرُقُ السَّهْمُ مِنَ الرَّمِيَّةِ، يُنْظَرُ إِلَى نَصْلِهِ فَلَا يُوجَدُ فِيهِ شَيْءٌ، ثُمَّ يُنْظَرُ إِلَى رِصَافِهِ فَمَا يُوجَدُ فِيهِ شَيْءٌ، ثُمَّ يُنْظَرُ إِلَى نَضِيِّهِ ـ وَهُوَ قِدْحُهُ ـ فَلَا يُوجَدُ فِيهِ شَيْءٌ، ثُمَّ يُنْظَرُ إِلَى قُذَذِهِ فَلَا يُوجَدُ فِيهِ شَيْءٌ، قَدْ سَبَقَ الْفَرْثَ وَٱلدَّمَ.

     yaqraʔūna l-qurʔāna lā yujāwizu tarāqiya-hum, yamruqūna mina d-dīni kamā yamruqu s-sahmu mina r-ramiyyati, yunẓaru ʔilā naṣli-hī fa-lā yūjadu fī-hi šayʔun, ṯumma yunẓaru ʔilā riṣāfi-hī fa-mā yūjadu fī-hi šayʔun, ṯumma yunẓaru ʔilā naḍiyyi-hī - wa-huwa qidḥu-hū - fa-lā yūjadu fī-hi šayʔun, ṯumma yunẓaru ʔilā quḏaḏi-hī fa-lā yūjadu fī-hi šayʔun, qad sabaqa l-farṯa wa-d-dama.

     They recite the Qurʾān but it does not go beyond their clavicles and they will desert the creed as an arrow goes through a target’s body, so one would, on looking at the arrow’s blade, see nothing on it; then one would look at its sinew and see nothing, then one would look at its arrowshaft and see nothing, then one would look at its fletching and would see nothing, for the arrow, by its speed, has even obviated entrails and blood.

Declension

Declension of noun نَضِيّ (naḍiyy)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	نَضِي naḍī	النَّضِي an-naḍī	نَضِي naḍī
Nominative	نَضِيٌّ naḍiyyun	النَّضِيُّ an-naḍiyyu	نَضِيُّ naḍiyyu
Accusative	نَضِيًّا naḍiyyan	النَّضِيَّ an-naḍiyya	نَضِيَّ naḍiyya
Genitive	نَضِيٍّ naḍiyyin	النَّضِيِّ an-naḍiyyi	نَضِيِّ naḍiyyi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	نَضِيَّيْن naḍiyyayn	النَّضِيَّيْن an-naḍiyyayn	نَضِيَّيْ naḍiyyay
Nominative	نَضِيَّانِ naḍiyyāni	النَّضِيَّانِ an-naḍiyyāni	نَضِيَّا naḍiyyā
Accusative	نَضِيَّيْنِ naḍiyyayni	النَّضِيَّيْنِ an-naḍiyyayni	نَضِيَّيْ naḍiyyay
Genitive	نَضِيَّيْنِ naḍiyyayni	النَّضِيَّيْنِ an-naḍiyyayni	نَضِيَّيْ naḍiyyay
Plural	broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَنْضِيَة ʔanḍiya	الْأَنْضِيَة al-ʔanḍiya	أَنْضِيَة ʔanḍiyat
Nominative	أَنْضِيَةٌ ʔanḍiyatun	الْأَنْضِيَةُ al-ʔanḍiyatu	أَنْضِيَةُ ʔanḍiyatu
Accusative	أَنْضِيَةً ʔanḍiyatan	الْأَنْضِيَةَ al-ʔanḍiyata	أَنْضِيَةَ ʔanḍiyata
Genitive	أَنْضِيَةٍ ʔanḍiyatin	الْأَنْضِيَةِ al-ʔanḍiyati	أَنْضِيَةِ ʔanḍiyati

Adjective

نَضِيّ • (naḍiyy) (masculine plural أَنْضِيَة (ʔanḍiya))

1. meagre, scrawny

Declension

Declension of adjective نَضِيّ (naḍiyy)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	نَضِي naḍī	النَّضِي an-naḍī	نَضِيَّة naḍiyya	النَّضِيَّة an-naḍiyya
Nominative	نَضِيٌّ naḍiyyun	النَّضِيُّ an-naḍiyyu	نَضِيَّةٌ naḍiyyatun	النَّضِيَّةُ an-naḍiyyatu
Accusative	نَضِيًّا naḍiyyan	النَّضِيَّ an-naḍiyya	نَضِيَّةً naḍiyyatan	النَّضِيَّةَ an-naḍiyyata
Genitive	نَضِيٍّ naḍiyyin	النَّضِيِّ an-naḍiyyi	نَضِيَّةٍ naḍiyyatin	النَّضِيَّةِ an-naḍiyyati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	نَضِيَّيْن naḍiyyayn	النَّضِيَّيْن an-naḍiyyayn	نَضِيَّتَيْن naḍiyyatayn	النَّضِيَّتَيْن an-naḍiyyatayn
Nominative	نَضِيَّانِ naḍiyyāni	النَّضِيَّانِ an-naḍiyyāni	نَضِيَّتَانِ naḍiyyatāni	النَّضِيَّتَانِ an-naḍiyyatāni
Accusative	نَضِيَّيْنِ naḍiyyayni	النَّضِيَّيْنِ an-naḍiyyayni	نَضِيَّتَيْنِ naḍiyyatayni	النَّضِيَّتَيْنِ an-naḍiyyatayni
Genitive	نَضِيَّيْنِ naḍiyyayni	النَّضِيَّيْنِ an-naḍiyyayni	نَضِيَّتَيْنِ naḍiyyatayni	النَّضِيَّتَيْنِ an-naḍiyyatayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a)		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	أَنْضِيَة ʔanḍiya	الْأَنْضِيَة al-ʔanḍiya	نَضِيَّات naḍiyyāt	النَّضِيَّات an-naḍiyyāt
Nominative	أَنْضِيَةٌ ʔanḍiyatun	الْأَنْضِيَةُ al-ʔanḍiyatu	نَضِيَّاتٌ naḍiyyātun	النَّضِيَّاتُ an-naḍiyyātu
Accusative	أَنْضِيَةً ʔanḍiyatan	الْأَنْضِيَةَ al-ʔanḍiyata	نَضِيَّاتٍ naḍiyyātin	النَّضِيَّاتِ an-naḍiyyāti
Genitive	أَنْضِيَةٍ ʔanḍiyatin	الْأَنْضِيَةِ al-ʔanḍiyati	نَضِيَّاتٍ naḍiyyātin	النَّضِيَّاتِ an-naḍiyyāti

References

• “نضي” in Almaany
• Freytag, Georg (1837) “نضي”, 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, page 294
• Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860) “نضي”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc‎^[2] (in French), volume 2, Paris: Maisonneuve et C^ie, page 1282