أنف

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 • (ʾanf) m (plural أُنُوف‎ (ʾunūf) or آنَاف‎ (ʾānāf) or آنُف‎ (ʾānuf))

1. nose

Declension

Declension of noun أَنْف (ʾanf)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَنْف ʾanf	الْأَنْف‎ al-ʾanf	أَنْف ʾanf
Nominative	أَنْفٌ ʾanfun	الْأَنْفُ‎ al-ʾanfu	أَنْفُ ʾanfu
Accusative	أَنْفًا‎ ʾanfan	الْأَنْفَ‎ al-ʾanfa	أَنْفَ ʾanfa
Genitive	أَنْفٍ ʾanfin	الْأَنْفِ‎ al-ʾanfi	أَنْفِ ʾanfi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَنْفَيْن‎ ʾanfayn	الْأَنْفَيْن‎ al-ʾanfayn	أَنْفَيْ‎ ʾanfay
Nominative	أَنْفَانِ‎ ʾanfāni	الْأَنْفَانِ‎ al-ʾanfāni	أَنْفَا‎ ʾanfā
Accusative	أَنْفَيْنِ‎ ʾanfayni	الْأَنْفَيْنِ‎ al-ʾanfayni	أَنْفَيْ‎ ʾanfay
Genitive	أَنْفَيْنِ‎ ʾanfayni	الْأَنْفَيْنِ‎ al-ʾanfayni	أَنْفَيْ‎ ʾanfay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أُنُوف‎‎; آنَاف‎‎; آنُف‎ ʾunūf‎; ʾānāf‎; ʾānuf	الْأُنُوف‎‎; الْآنَاف‎‎; الْآنُف‎ al-ʾunūf‎; al-ʾānāf‎; al-ʾānuf	أُنُوف‎‎; آنَاف‎‎; آنُف‎ ʾunūf‎; ʾānāf‎; ʾānuf
Nominative	أُنُوفٌ‎‎; آنَافٌ‎‎; آنُفٌ‎ ʾunūfun‎; ʾānāfun‎; ʾānufun	الْأُنُوفُ‎‎; الْآنَافُ‎‎; الْآنُفُ‎ al-ʾunūfu‎; al-ʾānāfu‎; al-ʾānufu	أُنُوفُ‎‎; آنَافُ‎‎; آنُفُ‎ ʾunūfu‎; ʾānāfu‎; ʾānufu
Accusative	أُنُوفًا‎‎; آنَافًا‎‎; آنُفًا‎ ʾunūfan‎; ʾānāfan‎; ʾānufan	الْأُنُوفَ‎‎; الْآنَافَ‎‎; الْآنُفَ‎ al-ʾunūfa‎; al-ʾānāfa‎; al-ʾānufa	أُنُوفَ‎‎; آنَافَ‎‎; آنُفَ‎ ʾunūfa‎; ʾānāfa‎; ʾānufa
Genitive	أُنُوفٍ‎‎; آنَافٍ‎‎; آنُفٍ‎ ʾunūfin‎; ʾānāfin‎; ʾānufin	الْأُنُوفِ‎‎; الْآنَافِ‎‎; الْآنُفِ‎ al-ʾunūfi‎; al-ʾānāfi‎; al-ʾānufi	أُنُوفِ‎‎; آنَافِ‎‎; آنُفِ‎ ʾunūfi‎; ʾānāfi‎; ʾānufi

Descendants

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

Pronunciation 1

• IPA^(key): /ʔan.fu/

Verb

أَنْفُ • (ʾanfu) (form I)

1. first-person singular non-past active jussive of نَفَا‎ (nafā)

Pronunciation 2

• IPA^(key): /ʔun.fa/

Verb

أُنْفَ • (ʾunfa) (form I)

1. first-person singular non-past passive jussive of نَفَا‎ (nafā)
2. first-person singular non-past passive jussive of نَفَى‎ (nafā)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔan.fi/

Verb

أَنْفِ • (ʾanfi) (form I)

1. first-person singular non-past active jussive of نَفَى‎ (nafā)

References

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

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South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Arabic أَنْف‎ (ʾanf).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔanf/, [ʔanf]

• Audio (al-Lidd)

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Noun

أنف • (ʔanf) m (plural أنوف‎ (ʔunūf))

1. nose

   Synonym: منخار‎ (munḵār)