أنف

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See also: انف and انق

Arabic

Etymology 1

From Proto-Semitic *ʔanp-. Cognate with Hebrew אף (af).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔanf/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

أَنْف • (ʔanf) m (plural أُنُوف (ʔunūf) or آنَاف (ʔānāf) or آنُف (ʔānuf))

  1. nose
Declension
Declension of noun أَنْف (ʔanf)
Singular basic singular triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal أَنْف
ʔanf 		الْأَنْف
al-ʔanf 		أَنْف
ʔanf
Nominative أَنْفٌ
ʔanfun 		الْأَنْفُ
al-ʔanfu 		أَنْفُ
ʔanfu
Accusative أَنْفًا
ʔanfan 		الْأَنْفَ
al-ʔanfa 		أَنْفَ
ʔanfa
Genitive أَنْفٍ
ʔanfin 		الْأَنْفِ
al-ʔanfi 		أَنْفِ
ʔanfi
Dual Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal أَنْفَيْن
ʔanfayn 		الْأَنْفَيْن
al-ʔanfayn 		أَنْفَيْ
ʔanfay
Nominative أَنْفَانِ
ʔanfāni 		الْأَنْفَانِ
al-ʔanfāni 		أَنْفَا
ʔanfā
Accusative أَنْفَيْنِ
ʔanfayni 		الْأَنْفَيْنِ
al-ʔanfayni 		أَنْفَيْ
ʔanfay
Genitive أَنْفَيْنِ
ʔanfayni 		الْأَنْفَيْنِ
al-ʔanfayni 		أَنْفَيْ
ʔanfay
Plural basic broken plural triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal أُنُوف‎; آنَاف‎; آنُف
ʔunūf‎; ʔānāf‎; ʔānuf 		الْأُنُوف‎; الْآنَاف‎; الْآنُف
al-ʔunūf‎; al-ʔānāf‎; al-ʔānuf 		أُنُوف‎; آنَاف‎; آنُف
ʔunūf‎; ʔānāf‎; ʔānuf
Nominative أُنُوفٌ‎; آنَافٌ‎; آنُفٌ
ʔunūfun‎; ʔānāfun‎; ʔānufun 		الْأُنُوفُ‎; الْآنَافُ‎; الْآنُفُ
al-ʔunūfu‎; al-ʔānāfu‎; al-ʔānufu 		أُنُوفُ‎; آنَافُ‎; آنُفُ
ʔunūfu‎; ʔānāfu‎; ʔānufu
Accusative أُنُوفًا‎; آنَافًا‎; آنُفًا
ʔunūfan‎; ʔānāfan‎; ʔānufan 		الْأُنُوفَ‎; الْآنَافَ‎; الْآنُفَ
al-ʔunūfa‎; al-ʔānāfa‎; al-ʔānufa 		أُنُوفَ‎; آنَافَ‎; آنُفَ
ʔunūfa‎; ʔānāfa‎; ʔānufa
Genitive أُنُوفٍ‎; آنَافٍ‎; آنُفٍ
ʔunūfin‎; ʔānāfin‎; ʔānufin 		الْأُنُوفِ‎; الْآنَافِ‎; الْآنُفِ
al-ʔunūfi‎; al-ʔānāfi‎; al-ʔānufi 		أُنُوفِ‎; آنَافِ‎; آنُفِ
ʔunūfi‎; ʔānāfi‎; ʔānufi
Descendants
  • Moroccan Arabic: نيف (nīf)
  • → Ottoman Turkish: انف (enf)

Etymology 2

Root
ن ف و (n f w)
1 term
Root
ن ف ي (n f y)
12 terms

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

أنف (form I)

  1. أَنْفُ (ʔanfu) /ʔan.fu/: first-person singular non-past active jussive of نَفَا (nafā)
  2. أُنْفَ (ʔunfa) /ʔun.fa/: first-person singular non-past passive jussive of نَفَا (nafā) and نَفَى (nafā)
  3. أَنْفِ (ʔanfi) /ʔan.fi/: first-person singular non-past active jussive of نَفَى (nafā)

References

Etymology 3

Verb

أنف (form I)

  1. أَنِفُّ (ʔaniffu) /ʔa.nif.fu/: first-person singular non-past active indicative of نَفَّ (naffa)
  2. أُنَفُّ (ʔunaffu) /ʔu.naf.fu/: first-person singular non-past passive indicative of نَفَّ (naffa)
  3. أَنِفَّ (ʔaniffa) /ʔa.nif.fa/: inflection of نَفَّ (naffa):
    1. first-person singular non-past active subjunctive
    2. first-person singular non-past active jussive
  4. أُنَفَّ (ʔunaffa) /ʔu.naf.fa/: inflection of نَفَّ (naffa):
    1. first-person singular non-past passive subjunctive
    2. first-person singular non-past passive jussive
  5. أَنِفِّ (ʔaniffi) /ʔa.nif.fi/: first-person singular non-past active jussive of نَفَّ (naffa)
  6. أُنَفِّ (ʔunaffi) /ʔu.naf.fi/: first-person singular non-past passive jussive of نَفَّ (naffa)

Etymology 4

Verb

أنف (form I)

  1. أَنُفْ (ʔanuf) /ʔa.nuf/: first-person singular non-past active jussive of نَافَ (nāfa)
  2. أُنَفْ (ʔunaf) /ʔu.naf/: first-person singular non-past passive jussive of نَافَ (nāfa)

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Arabic أَنْف (ʔanf).

Pronunciation

Noun

أنف • (ʔanf) m (plural أنوف (ʔunūf))

  1. nose
    Synonym: منخار (munḵār)
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