istanfaā

reject

اِسْتَنْفَىَ

Word

Verb · Form X

Root

ن ف ي

Forms

Present: يَسْتَنْفِي

Conjugation

Person	Past	Present
he هُوَ	اِسْتَنْفَى	يَسْتَنْفِي
she هِيَ	اِسْتَنْفَت	تَسْتَنْفِي
they two (m.) هُما	اِسْتَنْفَيا	يَسْتَنْفِيانِ
they two (f.) هُما	اِسْتَنْفَتا	تَسْتَنْفِيانِ
they (m.) هُمْ	اِسْتَنْفَوْا	يَسْتَنْفُونَ
they (f.) هُنَّ	اِسْتَنْفَيْنَ	يَسْتَنْفِينَ
you (m.) أَنْتَ	اِسْتَنْفَيْتَ	تَسْتَنْفِي
you (f.) أَنْتِ	اِسْتَنْفَيْتِ	تَسْتَنْفِينَ
you two أَنْتُما	اِسْتَنْفَيْتُما	تَسْتَنْفِيانِ
you (m. pl.) أَنْتُمْ	اِسْتَنْفَيْتُم	تَسْتَنْفُونَ
you (f. pl.) أَنْتُنَّ	اِسْتَنْفَيْتُنَّ	تَسْتَنْفِينَ
I أَنا	اِسْتَنْفَيْتُ	أَسْتَنْفِي
we نَحْنُ	اِسْتَنْفَيْنا	نَسْتَنْفِي

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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