أنف

See also: انف and انق

Arabic

Etymology 1

From Proto-Semitic *ʔanp-. Cognate with Hebrew אף (af).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔanf/

• Audio:

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Noun

أَنْف • (ʔanf) m (plural أُنُوف (ʔunūf) or آنَاف (ʔānāf) or آنُف (ʔānuf))

1. nose

Declension

Declension of noun أَنْف (ʔanf)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَنْف ʔanf	الْأَنْف al-ʔanf	أَنْف ʔanf
Nominative	أَنْفٌ ʔanfun	الْأَنْفُ al-ʔanfu	أَنْفُ ʔanfu
Accusative	أَنْفًا ʔanfan	الْأَنْفَ al-ʔanfa	أَنْفَ ʔanfa
Genitive	أَنْفٍ ʔanfin	الْأَنْفِ al-ʔanfi	أَنْفِ ʔanfi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَنْفَيْن ʔanfayn	الْأَنْفَيْن al-ʔanfayn	أَنْفَيْ ʔanfay
Nominative	أَنْفَانِ ʔanfāni	الْأَنْفَانِ al-ʔanfāni	أَنْفَا ʔanfā
Accusative	أَنْفَيْنِ ʔanfayni	الْأَنْفَيْنِ al-ʔanfayni	أَنْفَيْ ʔanfay
Genitive	أَنْفَيْنِ ʔanfayni	الْأَنْفَيْنِ al-ʔanfayni	أَنْفَيْ ʔanfay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أُنُوف‎; آنَاف‎; آنُف ʔunūf‎; ʔānāf‎; ʔānuf	الْأُنُوف‎; الْآنَاف‎; الْآنُف al-ʔunūf‎; al-ʔānāf‎; al-ʔānuf	أُنُوف‎; آنَاف‎; آنُف ʔunūf‎; ʔānāf‎; ʔānuf
Nominative	أُنُوفٌ‎; آنَافٌ‎; آنُفٌ ʔunūfun‎; ʔānāfun‎; ʔānufun	الْأُنُوفُ‎; الْآنَافُ‎; الْآنُفُ al-ʔunūfu‎; al-ʔānāfu‎; al-ʔānufu	أُنُوفُ‎; آنَافُ‎; آنُفُ ʔunūfu‎; ʔānāfu‎; ʔānufu
Accusative	أُنُوفًا‎; آنَافًا‎; آنُفًا ʔunūfan‎; ʔānāfan‎; ʔānufan	الْأُنُوفَ‎; الْآنَافَ‎; الْآنُفَ al-ʔunūfa‎; al-ʔānāfa‎; al-ʔānufa	أُنُوفَ‎; آنَافَ‎; آنُفَ ʔunūfa‎; ʔānāfa‎; ʔānufa
Genitive	أُنُوفٍ‎; آنَافٍ‎; آنُفٍ ʔunūfin‎; ʔānāfin‎; ʔānufin	الْأُنُوفِ‎; الْآنَافِ‎; الْآنُفِ al-ʔunūfi‎; al-ʔānāfi‎; al-ʔānufi	أُنُوفِ‎; آنَافِ‎; آنُفِ ʔunūfi‎; ʔānāfi‎; ʔānufi

Descendants

• Moroccan Arabic: نيف (nīf)
• → Ottoman Turkish: انف (enf)

Etymology 2

Root
ن ف و (n f w)
1 term

Root
ن ف ي (n f y)
10 terms

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

أنف (form I)

1. أَنْفُ (ʔanfu) /ʔan.fu/: first-person singular non-past active jussive of نَفَا (nafā)
2. أُنْفَ (ʔunfa) /ʔun.fa/: first-person singular non-past passive jussive of نَفَا (nafā) and نَفَى (nafā)
3. أَنْفِ (ʔanfi) /ʔan.fi/: first-person singular non-past active jussive of نَفَى (nafā)

References

• Lane, Edward William (1863) “أنف”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[1], London: Williams & Norgate

Etymology 3

Verb

أنف (form I)

1. أَنِفُّ (ʔaniffu) /ʔa.nif.fu/: first-person singular non-past active indicative of نَفَّ (naffa)
2. أُنَفُّ (ʔunaffu) /ʔu.naf.fu/: first-person singular non-past passive indicative of نَفَّ (naffa)
3. أَنِفَّ (ʔaniffa) /ʔa.nif.fa/: first-person singular non-past active subjunctive/jussive of نَفَّ (naffa)
4. أُنَفَّ (ʔunaffa) /ʔu.naf.fa/: first-person singular non-past passive subjunctive/jussive of نَفَّ (naffa)
5. أَنِفِّ (ʔaniffi) /ʔa.nif.fi/: first-person singular non-past active jussive of نَفَّ (naffa)
6. أُنَفِّ (ʔunaffi) /ʔu.naf.fi/: first-person singular non-past passive jussive of نَفَّ (naffa)

Etymology 4

Verb

أنف (form I)

1. أَنُفْ (ʔanuf) /ʔa.nuf/: first-person singular non-past active jussive of نَافَ (nāfa)
2. أُنَفْ (ʔunaf) /ʔu.naf/: first-person singular non-past passive jussive of نَافَ (nāfa)

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Arabic أَنْف (ʔanf).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔanf/, [ʔanf]

• Audio (al-Lidd):

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Noun

أنف • (ʔanf) m (plural أنوف (ʔunūf))

1. nose

   Synonym: منخار (munḵār)