نفي

See also: نقئ, نفى, and نقي

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
ن ف ي (n-f-y)

Noun

نَفْي • (nafy) m

verbal noun of نَفَى (nafā) (form I)
(general, logic) negation
Antonym: إِثْبَات (ʔiṯbāt)

نَفْيُ النَّفْيِ إِثْبَاتٌ
nafyu an-nafyi ʔiṯbātun
The negation of negation is an affirmation.
prohibition
exile, expulsion, banishment, excommunication
denial

Declension

Declension of noun نَفْي (nafy)

Singular	basic singular triptote
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	نَفْي nafy	النَّفْي an-nafy	نَفْي nafy
Nominative	نَفْيٌ nafyun	النَّفْيُ an-nafyu	نَفْيُ nafyu
Accusative	نَفْيًا nafyan	النَّفْيَ an-nafya	نَفْيَ nafya
Genitive	نَفْيٍ nafyin	النَّفْيِ an-nafyi	نَفْيِ nafyi

References

Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “نفي”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen

Verb

نُفِيَ • (nufiya) (form I)

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

Verb

نَفِي • (nafī) (form I)

first-person plural non-past active indicative of وَفَى (wafā)

Verb

نَفِيَ • (nafiya) (form I)

first-person plural non-past active subjunctive of وَفَى (wafā)

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