نحو
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Arabic
[edit]Etymology 1.1
[edit]Root |
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ن ح و (n ḥ w) |
3 terms |
The "grammar" sense, according to a report, is derived from ʿAlī telling ʾAbu al-ʾAswad ad-Duʾali, who is believed to be the first Arabic grammarian: «مَا أَحْسَنَ هٰذَا النَّحْوَ الَّذِي نَحَوْتَ» (“mā ʔaḥsana hāḏā an-naḥwa allaḏī naḥawta”, “How wonderful this direction (naḥw) that you have followed is”)[1] after he showed ʿAlī the grammar he had organized.
Noun
[edit]نَحْو • (naḥw) m (plural نُحُوّ (nuḥuww) or أَنْحَاء (ʔanḥāʔ))
- side, direction
- region, tract
- road
- intention, purpose, tendency
- kind, sort, manner
- (linguistics, grammar) syntax, grammar
- Ibn Malik, Alfiyyah
- وَأَسْتَعِينُ اللَّٰهَ فِي أَلْفِيَّةْ / مَقَاصِدُ النَّحْوِ بِهَا مَحْوِيَّةْ
- waʔastaʕīnu llāha fī ʔalfiyyah / maqāṣidu an-naḥwi bihā maḥwiyyah
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- Ibn Malik, Alfiyyah
Declension
[edit]Declension of noun نَحْو (naḥw)
Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
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Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | نَحْو naḥw |
النَّحْو an-naḥw |
نَحْو naḥw |
Nominative | نَحْوٌ naḥwun |
النَّحْوُ an-naḥwu |
نَحْوُ naḥwu |
Accusative | نَحْوًا naḥwan |
النَّحْوَ an-naḥwa |
نَحْوَ naḥwa |
Genitive | نَحْوٍ naḥwin |
النَّحْوِ an-naḥwi |
نَحْوِ naḥwi |
Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
Informal | نَحْوَيْن naḥwayn |
النَّحْوَيْن an-naḥwayn |
نَحْوَيْ naḥway |
Nominative | نَحْوَانِ naḥwāni |
النَّحْوَانِ an-naḥwāni |
نَحْوَا naḥwā |
Accusative | نَحْوَيْنِ naḥwayni |
النَّحْوَيْنِ an-naḥwayni |
نَحْوَيْ naḥway |
Genitive | نَحْوَيْنِ naḥwayni |
النَّحْوَيْنِ an-naḥwayni |
نَحْوَيْ naḥway |
Plural | basic broken plural triptote | ||
Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | نُحُوّ; أَنْحَاء nuḥuww; ʔanḥāʔ |
النُّحُوّ; الْأَنْحَاء an-nuḥuww; al-ʔanḥāʔ |
نُحُوّ; أَنْحَاء nuḥuww; ʔanḥāʔ |
Nominative | نُحُوٌّ; أَنْحَاءٌ nuḥuwwun; ʔanḥāʔun |
النُّحُوُّ; الْأَنْحَاءُ an-nuḥuwwu; al-ʔanḥāʔu |
نُحُوُّ; أَنْحَاءُ nuḥuwwu; ʔanḥāʔu |
Accusative | نُحُوًّا; أَنْحَاءً nuḥuwwan; ʔanḥāʔan |
النُّحُوَّ; الْأَنْحَاءَ an-nuḥuwwa; al-ʔanḥāʔa |
نُحُوَّ; أَنْحَاءَ nuḥuwwa; ʔanḥāʔa |
Genitive | نُحُوٍّ; أَنْحَاءٍ nuḥuwwin; ʔanḥāʔin |
النُّحُوِّ; الْأَنْحَاءِ an-nuḥuwwi; al-ʔanḥāʔi |
نُحُوِّ; أَنْحَاءِ nuḥuwwi; ʔanḥāʔi |
Descendants
[edit]Preposition
[edit]نَحْوَ • (naḥwa)
- towards, in the direction of, after, in accordance with
- like, like as, as for instance, such as, for example
- about
Inflection
[edit]Inflected forms | |||||
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Base form | نَحْوَ (naḥwa) | ||||
Personal-pronoun- including forms |
Singular | Dual | Plural | ||
Masculine | Feminine | Common | Masculine | Feminine | |
First person | نَحْوِي (naḥwī) | نَحْوَنَا (naḥwanā) | |||
Second person | نَحْوَكَ (naḥwaka) | نَحْوَكِ (naḥwaki) | نَحْوَكُمَا (naḥwakumā) | نَحْوَكُمْ (naḥwakum) | نَحْوَكُنَّ (naḥwakunna) |
Third person | نَحْوَهُ (naḥwahu) | نَحْوَهَا (naḥwahā) | نَحْوَهُمَا (naḥwahumā) | نَحْوَهُمْ (naḥwahum) | نَحْوَهُنَّ (naḥwahunna) |
References
[edit]- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “نحو”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary[1], London: W.H. Allen
Etymology 1.2
[edit]Noun
[edit]نُحُوّ • (nuḥuww) m pl
- plural of نَحْو (naḥw)
Etymology 2
[edit]Verb
[edit]نحو (form I)
- نَحْوِ (naḥwi) /naħ.wi/: first-person plural non-past active jussive of حَوَى (ḥawā)
- نُحْوَ (nuḥwa) /nuħ.wa/: first-person plural non-past passive jussive of حَوَى (ḥawā)
References
[edit]- ^ سير أعلام النبلاء, Volume 4, Page 82
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “نحو”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary[2], London: W.H. Allen
Malay
[edit]Noun
[edit]نحو
Persian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Arabic نَحْو (naḥw).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [nahw]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [næɦv]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [näɦw]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | nahw |
Dari reading? | nahw |
Iranian reading? | nahv |
Tajik reading? | nahv |
Noun
[edit]نحو • (nahv)
- syntax
- grammar
- manner, mode, way
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