نفي

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See also: نقئ, نفى, and نقي

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
ن ف ي (n f y)
12 terms

Noun

نَفْي (nafym

  1. verbal noun of نَفَى (nafā) (form I)
  2. (general, logic) negation
    Antonym: إِثْبَات (ʔiṯbāt)
    نَفْيُ النَّفْيِ إِثْبَاتٌ
    nafyu an-nafyi ʔiṯbātun
    The negation of negation is an affirmation.
  3. prohibition
  4. exile, expulsion, banishment, excommunication
  5. denial
Declension
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Etymology 2

Verb

نُفِيَ (nufiya) (form I) /nu.fi.ja/

  1. third-person masculine singular past passive of نَفَا (nafā) and نَفَى (nafā)

Etymology 3

Verb

نفي (form I)

  1. نَفِي (nafī) /na.fiː/: first-person plural non-past active indicative of وَفَى (wafā)
  2. نَفِيَ (nafiya) /na.fi.ja/: first-person plural non-past active subjunctive of وَفَى (wafā)