نية
Arabic
Etymology
From the root ن و ي (n-w-y).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nij.ja/
Noun
نِيَّة • (niyya) f (plural نِيَّات (niyyāt) or نَوايَا (nawāyā))
- verbal noun of نَوَى (nawā, “to think, to intend”) (form I)
- intention, purpose, resolution
- will, tendency, inclination, wish, object of investigation
- (obsolete) distance
Declension
Declension of noun نِيَّة (niyya)
Singular | singular triptote in ـَة (-a) | ||
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Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | نِيَّة niyya | النِّيَّة an-niyya | نِيَّة niyyat |
Nominative | نِيَّةٌ niyyatun | النِّيَّةُ an-niyyatu | نِيَّةُ niyyatu |
Accusative | نِيَّةً niyyatan | النِّيَّةَ an-niyyata | نِيَّةَ niyyata |
Genitive | نِيَّةٍ niyyatin | النِّيَّةِ an-niyyati | نِيَّةِ niyyati |
Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
Informal | نِيَّتَيْن niyyatayn | النِّيَّتَيْن an-niyyatayn | نِيَّتَيْ niyyatay |
Nominative | نِيَّتَانِ niyyatāni | النِّيَّتَانِ an-niyyatāni | نِيَّتَا niyyatā |
Accusative | نِيَّتَيْنِ niyyatayni | النِّيَّتَيْنِ an-niyyatayni | نِيَّتَيْ niyyatay |
Genitive | نِيَّتَيْنِ niyyatayni | النِّيَّتَيْنِ an-niyyatayni | نِيَّتَيْ niyyatay |
Plural | sound feminine plural | ||
Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | نِيَّات niyyāt | النِّيَّات an-niyyāt | نِيَّات niyyāt |
Nominative | نِيَّاتٌ niyyātun | النِّيَّاتُ an-niyyātu | نِيَّاتُ niyyātu |
Accusative | نِيَّاتٍ niyyātin | النِّيَّاتِ an-niyyāti | نِيَّاتِ niyyāti |
Genitive | نِيَّاتٍ niyyātin | النِّيَّاتِ an-niyyāti | نِيَّاتِ niyyāti |
Descendants
- → Bashkir: ниәт (niät)
- → Malay: niat
- Indonesian: niat
- → Persian: نیت (niyyat)
- → Swahili: nia
- → Turkish: niyet
References
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “نية”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen, page 1157