نهى

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Arabic

Root
ن ه ي (n h y)
7 terms

Pronunciation

Verb

نَهَى (nahā) I (non-past يَنْهَى (yanhā), verbal noun نَهْي (nahy))

  1. to forbid
  2. to hold back
    نَهَى إِلَيْهَا خَبَرَ وِلَادَةِ ٱبْنِ خَالَتِهَا.
    nahā ʔilayhā ḵabara wilādati bni ḵālatihā.
    He held back from her the news of her maternal aunt's son's birth
  3. to make something reach
  4. (grammar) negated imperative verb form

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