نفي

See also: نقئ, نفى, and نقي

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
ن ف ي (n-f-y)

Noun

نَفْي • (nafy) m

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

Declension of noun نَفْي (nafy)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	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^[1], London: W.H. Allen

Etymology 2

Verb

نُفِيَ • (nufiya) (form I)

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

Etymology 3

Verb

نَفِي • (nafī) (form I)

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

Verb

نَفِيَ • (nafiya) (form I)

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