| Root |
|---|
| 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.
نَحْو • (naḥw) m (plural نُحُوّ (nuḥuww) or أَنْحَاء (ʔanḥāʔ))
| Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
نَحْوَ • (naḥwa)
| Inflected forms | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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) |
نُحُوّ • (nuḥuww) m pl
نحو (form I)
نحو
Borrowed from Arabic نَحْو (naḥw).
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | nahw |
| Dari reading? | nahw |
| Iranian reading? | nahv |
| Tajik reading? | nahv |
نحو • (nahv)