ناحية

Arabic

Root
ن ح و (n ḥ w)
3 terms

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /naː.ħi.ja/

Noun

نَاحِيَة • (nāḥiya) f (plural نَوَاحٍ (nawāḥin))

side, direction
مِنْ نَاحِيَةٍ ― min nāḥiyatin ― on the other hand
region, area
nahiyah; a type of local administrative division, sometimes translated as "subdistrict"

Declension

Declension of noun نَاحِيَة (nāḥiya)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	نَاحِيَة nāḥiya	النَّاحِيَة an-nāḥiya	نَاحِيَة nāḥiyat
Nominative	نَاحِيَةٌ nāḥiyatun	النَّاحِيَةُ an-nāḥiyatu	نَاحِيَةُ nāḥiyatu
Accusative	نَاحِيَةً nāḥiyatan	النَّاحِيَةَ an-nāḥiyata	نَاحِيَةَ nāḥiyata
Genitive	نَاحِيَةٍ nāḥiyatin	النَّاحِيَةِ an-nāḥiyati	نَاحِيَةِ nāḥiyati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	نَاحِيَتَيْن nāḥiyatayn	النَّاحِيَتَيْن an-nāḥiyatayn	نَاحِيَتَيْ nāḥiyatay
Nominative	نَاحِيَتَانِ nāḥiyatāni	النَّاحِيَتَانِ an-nāḥiyatāni	نَاحِيَتَا nāḥiyatā
Accusative	نَاحِيَتَيْنِ nāḥiyatayni	النَّاحِيَتَيْنِ an-nāḥiyatayni	نَاحِيَتَيْ nāḥiyatay
Genitive	نَاحِيَتَيْنِ nāḥiyatayni	النَّاحِيَتَيْنِ an-nāḥiyatayni	نَاحِيَتَيْ nāḥiyatay
Plural	broken plural diptote in ـٍ (-in)
Plural	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	نَوَاحِي nawāḥī	النَّوَاحِي an-nawāḥī	نَوَاحِي nawāḥī
Nominative	نَوَاحٍ nawāḥin	النَّوَاحِي an-nawāḥī	نَوَاحِي nawāḥī
Accusative	نَوَاحِيَ nawāḥiya	النَّوَاحِيَ an-nawāḥiya	نَوَاحِيَ nawāḥiya
Genitive	نَوَاحٍ nawāḥin	النَّوَاحِي an-nawāḥī	نَوَاحِي nawāḥī

Descendants

Maltese: naħa
→ Azerbaijani: nahiyə
→ English: nahiyah
→ Hausa: nāhiyā̀
→ Persian: ناحیه (nâhiye)
→ Uyghur: ناھىيە (nahiye)
→ Turkish: nahiye

References

Wehr, Hans (1979) “نحو”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

ناحية

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