ن و ف

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 (nāʾif)
  • 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 (ʾanāfa, “to exceed, to surpass, to go over”)
  • Verbal noun: إِنَافَة‎ (ʾināfa)
  • 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 (in Latin), volume 3, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, pages 353–354
• Wehr, Hans; Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985), “ن و ف”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, pages 1330