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nāfaā

pursue, contradict, be inconsistent with

نافَىَ

Word

Verb · Form III

Root

ن ف ي

Forms

Present
يُنافِي

In the library

ولعل أن يكون فيها ما يمنع من إلحاقها بشبه أو مثال، وينافي الكلي الذي يحاول تطبيقه عليها.

The Muqaddimah, page 73 →
Conjugation
Person PastPresent
he هُوَ نافَىيُنافِي
she هِيَ نافَتتُنافِي
they two (m.) هُما نافَيايُنافِيانِ
they two (f.) هُما نافَتاتُنافِيانِ
they (m.) هُمْ نافَوْايُنافُونَ
they (f.) هُنَّ نافَيْنَيُنافِينَ
you (m.) أَنْتَ نافَيْتَتُنافِي
you (f.) أَنْتِ نافَيْتِتُنافِينَ
you two أَنْتُما نافَيْتُماتُنافِيانِ
you (m. pl.) أَنْتُمْ نافَيْتُمتُنافُونَ
you (f. pl.) أَنْتُنَّ نافَيْتُنَّتُنافِينَ
I أَنا نافَيْتُأُنافِي
we نَحْنُ نافَيْنانُنافِي

From the same root

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Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 6 entries
  • نَفَاهُ Form I He drove away, expelled, or banished, him, or it
    He drove away, expelled, or banished, him, or it. (T, in TT.)
  • هٰذَا يُنَافِىهٰذَا Form III This precludes the co-existence of this therewith
    This precludes the co-existence of this therewith; is inconsistent, or incompatible, with this.
  • تَنَافَيَا Form VI They two were incompatible
    They two were incompatible.
  • اِنْتَفَى Form VIII It was negative
    It was negative: contr. of ثَبَتَ and and وَجَبَ. (IbrD.) ― -b2- اِنْتَفَى مِنْ شَىْءٍ He denied a thing; meaning an accusation or the like: syn. تَنَضَّحَ.
  • نُفَايَةٌ Refuse
    Refuse; i. e. what one rejects, of a thing, because of its badness: (S:) or refuse little in quantity: (T:) or the remains, and bad portion, of a thing: (M, K:) or, accord. to IAar, what is bad of wheat or food. (M.)
  • فِعْلٌ مَنْفِىٌّ A verb rendered negative
    A verb rendered negative by its being preceded by مَا or the like; contr. of مُثْبَتٌ and مُوجَبٌ. ― -b2- كَلاَمٌ مَنْفِىٌّ A denied sentence; contr. of مُثْبَتٌ and مُوجَبٌ; virtually the same as كَلاَمٌ نَافٍ a denying, or negative, sentence.

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