tanāfī
mutual incompatibility
تَنافِي
Word
Noun · pattern تَفاعِلRoot
ن ف يIn the library
قال: فلما أنْ رأى القاضي تَنافيَ قولِ الفتى وفِعلِهِ.
The Maqamat of al-Hariri, page 88 →From the same root
- نَفَىَdeny, disavow, reject
- نَفْيdenial, disavowal
- نَفِيّdenied, rejected
- أَنْفِيّnasal
- نافَىَpursue, contradict, be inconsistent with
- نَفْيِيّnegative
- مَنْفَىexile, banishment
- مَنْفَىplace of exile, banishment
- مَنْفِيّdenied, rejected, discarded
- مَنْفِيّexiled, deported
- تَنافَىَbe contradicting, be incompatible
- اِنْتَفَىَbe banished, be denied, be omitted
- نُفايَةwaste, refuse
- مُنافِيincompatible
- اِسْتَنْفَىَreject
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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