Arabic edit

Etymology 1 edit

Root
ن و ي (n-w-y)

Noun edit

نَوَاة (nawāhf (singulative, collective نَوًى m (nawan), plural نَوَيَات (nawayāt), paucal نَوَيَات (nawayāt))

  1. date pit
    لَفَظَ لَفْظَ آلنَّوَاةِ (to brush aside, reject, literally to spit the spitting of a date pit)
  2. (fruit) kernel
  3. (computing) kernel
    نواة لينكسnawāt liniks[The] Linux kernel
  4. (fruit, general) center, core
  5. (physics, general) nucleus
Declension edit
Derived terms edit
References edit
  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “نوي”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Etymology 2 edit

Root
ن و ي (n-w-y)

Verbal noun of نَوَى (nawā, to intend, to determine (to do something)).

Noun edit

نَوَاة (nawāhf

  1. verbal noun of نَوَى (nawā) (form I)
  2. intention, purpose
  3. determination
Declension edit
References edit
  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “نوي”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN