ن و ف

Arabic

Root

ن و ف • (n-w-f)

1. related to outreaching

Derived terms

• Form I: نَافَ (nāfa, “to exceed, to surpass, to go over”)
  • Verbal noun: نَوْف (nawf)
  • Active participle: نَائِف (nāʔif)
  • Passive participle: مَنُوف (manūf)
• Form II: نَيَّفَ (nayyafa, “to exceed, to surpass, to go over”)
  • Verbal noun: تَنْيِيف (tanyīf)
  • Active participle: مُنَيِّف (munayyif)
  • Passive participle: مُنَيَّف (munayyaf)
• Form IV: أَنَافَ (ʔanāfa, “to exceed, to surpass, to go over”)
  • Verbal noun: إِنَافَة (ʔināfa)
  • Active participle: مُنِيف (munīf)
  • Passive participle: مُنَاف (munāf)

• نَيِّف (nayyif, “surplus”)
• نِيَافَة (niyāfa, “eminence”)

References

• Freytag, Georg (1835) “ن و ف”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[1] (in Latin), volume 3, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, pages 353–354
• Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “ن و ف”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎^[2] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 1330