naʾy
ditch
نَأْي
Word
Noun · pattern فَعْلRoot
ن ء يForms
- Plurals
- أَنْآ، آناء
In the library
ويزعمون أنّ الحصاة التي إذا غمرها الماء في الاناء كانت نصيب أحدهم تسمى «المقلة» .
The Book of Misers, page 273 →From the same root
- نَأَىَbe distant, go away
- نَأْيremoteness
- نايnay, bamboo flute
- أَنْأَىَremove, place at a distance
- أَنْأَىfarther, farthest away, more, most distant
- مَنْأَىdistant place, aloofness
- تَناءَىَmove apart, be separated, be distant
- اِنْتَأَىَbe distant, go away
- تَناسَىَpretend to have forgotten, neglect, be oblivi...
- مُناوِيhostile, unfriendly
Lane's Lexicon
Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 4 entries-
نَأَى بِهِ Form I He, or it, removed him; put or placed him at a distance, away, or far away
[He, or it, removed him; put or placed him at a distance, away, or far away.] (S, art. طرح.) ― -b2- نَأَى He shrank from a thing: see an ex. in a verse cited voce دَفٌّ. -
أَنْآهُ Form IV Open entry
: see آنَاهُ in art. انى. -
اِسْتَنْأَى Form X Open entry
: i. q. اِسْتَنَاءَ q. v. in art. نوأ. -
نُوأْىٌ A trench dug round a tent
A trench dug round a tent, (S, K,) or a barrier [raised] around it, (T, IB, TA,) to prevent the rain-water from entering it, (S,) or keep off a torrent. (K.)
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