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
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 96:9-10:
      أَرَأَيْتَ الَّذِي يَنْهَى * عَبْدًا إِذَا صَلَّى
      ʔaraʔayta llaḏī yanhā * ʕabdan ʔiḏā ṣallā
      Have you seen the man who forbids a servant ˹of Ours˺ from praying?
  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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