نضو
Arabic
Etymology
From the root ن ض و (n-ḍ-w).
Pronunciation
- Noun: IPA(key): /nadˤw/
- Adjective: IPA(key): /nidˤw/
Noun
نَضْو • (naḍw) m
- verbal noun of نَضَا (naḍā) (form I)
Declension
Declension of noun نَضْو (naḍw)
Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
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Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | نَضْو naḍw | النَّضْو an-naḍw | نَضْو naḍw |
Nominative | نَضْوٌ naḍwun | النَّضْوُ an-naḍwu | نَضْوُ naḍwu |
Accusative | نَضْوًا naḍwan | النَّضْوَ an-naḍwa | نَضْوَ naḍwa |
Genitive | نَضْوٍ naḍwin | النَّضْوِ an-naḍwi | نَضْوِ naḍwi |
Noun
نَضْو • (naḍw) m (plural أَنْضَاء (ʾanḍāʾ))
- ragged-up piece of cloth, tatter, tog, shabby raiment
Declension
Declension of noun نَضْو (naḍw)
Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
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Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | نَضْو naḍw | النَّضْو an-naḍw | نَضْو naḍw |
Nominative | نَضْوٌ naḍwun | النَّضْوُ an-naḍwu | نَضْوُ naḍwu |
Accusative | نَضْوًا naḍwan | النَّضْوَ an-naḍwa | نَضْوَ naḍwa |
Genitive | نَضْوٍ naḍwin | النَّضْوِ an-naḍwi | نَضْوِ naḍwi |
Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
Informal | نَضْوَيْن naḍwayn | النَّضْوَيْن an-naḍwayn | نَضْوَيْ naḍway |
Nominative | نَضْوَانِ naḍwāni | النَّضْوَانِ an-naḍwāni | نَضْوَا naḍwā |
Accusative | نَضْوَيْنِ naḍwayni | النَّضْوَيْنِ an-naḍwayni | نَضْوَيْ naḍway |
Genitive | نَضْوَيْنِ naḍwayni | النَّضْوَيْنِ an-naḍwayni | نَضْوَيْ naḍway |
Plural | basic broken plural triptote | ||
Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | أَنْضَاء ʾanḍāʾ | الْأَنْضَاء al-ʾanḍāʾ | أَنْضَاء ʾanḍāʾ |
Nominative | أَنْضَاءٌ ʾanḍāʾun | الْأَنْضَاءُ al-ʾanḍāʾu | أَنْضَاءُ ʾanḍāʾu |
Accusative | أَنْضَاءً ʾanḍāʾan | الْأَنْضَاءَ al-ʾanḍāʾa | أَنْضَاءَ ʾanḍāʾa |
Genitive | أَنْضَاءٍ ʾanḍāʾin | الْأَنْضَاءِ al-ʾanḍāʾi | أَنْضَاءِ ʾanḍāʾi |
Adjective
نِضْو • (niḍw) (masculine plural أَنْضَاء (ʾanḍāʾ))
- meagre, scrawny
Declension
Declension of adjective نِضْو (niḍw)
Singular | Masculine | Feminine | ||
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basic singular triptote | singular triptote in ـَة (-a) | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Informal | نِضْو niḍw | النِّضْو an-niḍw | نِضْوَة niḍwa | النِّضْوَة an-niḍwa |
Nominative | نِضْوٌ niḍwun | النِّضْوُ an-niḍwu | نِضْوَةٌ niḍwatun | النِّضْوَةُ an-niḍwatu |
Accusative | نِضْوًا niḍwan | النِّضْوَ an-niḍwa | نِضْوَةً niḍwatan | النِّضْوَةَ an-niḍwata |
Genitive | نِضْوٍ niḍwin | النِّضْوِ an-niḍwi | نِضْوَةٍ niḍwatin | النِّضْوَةِ an-niḍwati |
Dual | Masculine | Feminine | ||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Informal | نِضْوَيْن niḍwayn | النِّضْوَيْن an-niḍwayn | نِضْوَتَيْن niḍwatayn | النِّضْوَتَيْن an-niḍwatayn |
Nominative | نِضْوَانِ niḍwāni | النِّضْوَانِ an-niḍwāni | نِضْوَتَانِ niḍwatāni | النِّضْوَتَانِ an-niḍwatāni |
Accusative | نِضْوَيْنِ niḍwayni | النِّضْوَيْنِ an-niḍwayni | نِضْوَتَيْنِ niḍwatayni | النِّضْوَتَيْنِ an-niḍwatayni |
Genitive | نِضْوَيْنِ niḍwayni | النِّضْوَيْنِ an-niḍwayni | نِضْوَتَيْنِ niḍwatayni | النِّضْوَتَيْنِ an-niḍwatayni |
Plural | Masculine | Feminine | ||
basic broken plural triptote | sound feminine plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Informal | أَنْضَاء ʾanḍāʾ | الْأَنْضَاء al-ʾanḍāʾ | نِضْوَات niḍwāt | النِّضْوَات an-niḍwāt |
Nominative | أَنْضَاءٌ ʾanḍāʾun | الْأَنْضَاءُ al-ʾanḍāʾu | نِضْوَاتٌ niḍwātun | النِّضْوَاتُ an-niḍwātu |
Accusative | أَنْضَاءً ʾanḍāʾan | الْأَنْضَاءَ al-ʾanḍāʾa | نِضْوَاتٍ niḍwātin | النِّضْوَاتِ an-niḍwāti |
Genitive | أَنْضَاءٍ ʾanḍāʾin | الْأَنْضَاءِ al-ʾanḍāʾi | نِضْوَاتٍ niḍwātin | النِّضْوَاتِ an-niḍwāti |
Noun
نِضْو • (niḍw) m (plural أَنْضَاء (ʾanḍāʾ))
- arrow-shaft
- 7th century CE, Sunan Abī Dāwud, 1:36:
- إِنْ كَانَ أَحَدُنَا فِي زَمَنِ رَسُولِ اللّٰهِ صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لَيَأْخُذُ نِضْوَ أَخِيهِ عَلَى أَنَّ لَهُ النِّصْفَ مِمَّا يَغْنَمُ وَلَنَا النِّصْفُ وَإِنْ كَانَ أَحَدُنَا لَيَطِيرُ لَهُ النَّصْلُ وَٱلرِّيشُ وَلِلْآخَرِ الْقَدَحُ.
- ʾin kāna ʾaḥadunā fī zamani rasūli llāhi ṣallā llāhu ʿalayhi wasallama layaʾḵuḏu niḍwa ʾaḵīhi ʿalā ʾanna lahu n-niṣfa mimmā yaḡnamu walanā n-niṣfu waʾin kāna ʾaḥadunā layaṭīru lahu n-naṣlu war-rīšu walilʾāḵari l-qadaḥu.
- Any one of us would borrow a camel during the lifetime of the Prophet (ﷺ) from the other, on condition that he would give him half the booty, and the other half he would retain himself. Further, one of us received, so it flies, an arrowhead and a feather, and the other the arrow-shaft.
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- decrepit camel
Declension
Declension of noun نِضْو (niḍw)
Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
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Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | نِضْو niḍw | النِّضْو an-niḍw | نِضْو niḍw |
Nominative | نِضْوٌ niḍwun | النِّضْوُ an-niḍwu | نِضْوُ niḍwu |
Accusative | نِضْوًا niḍwan | النِّضْوَ an-niḍwa | نِضْوَ niḍwa |
Genitive | نِضْوٍ niḍwin | النِّضْوِ an-niḍwi | نِضْوِ niḍwi |
Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
Informal | نِضْوَيْن niḍwayn | النِّضْوَيْن an-niḍwayn | نِضْوَيْ niḍway |
Nominative | نِضْوَانِ niḍwāni | النِّضْوَانِ an-niḍwāni | نِضْوَا niḍwā |
Accusative | نِضْوَيْنِ niḍwayni | النِّضْوَيْنِ an-niḍwayni | نِضْوَيْ niḍway |
Genitive | نِضْوَيْنِ niḍwayni | النِّضْوَيْنِ an-niḍwayni | نِضْوَيْ niḍway |
Plural | basic broken plural triptote | ||
Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | أَنْضَاء ʾanḍāʾ | الْأَنْضَاء al-ʾanḍāʾ | أَنْضَاء ʾanḍāʾ |
Nominative | أَنْضَاءٌ ʾanḍāʾun | الْأَنْضَاءُ al-ʾanḍāʾu | أَنْضَاءُ ʾanḍāʾu |
Accusative | أَنْضَاءً ʾanḍāʾan | الْأَنْضَاءَ al-ʾanḍāʾa | أَنْضَاءَ ʾanḍāʾa |
Genitive | أَنْضَاءٍ ʾanḍāʾin | الْأَنْضَاءِ al-ʾanḍāʾi | أَنْضَاءِ ʾanḍāʾi |
References
- “نضو” in Almaany
- Freytag, Georg (1837), “نضو”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 4, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, pages 294
- Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860), “نضو”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc (in French), volume 2, Paris: Maisonneuve et Cie, pages 1282