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Highlights
Plural
نُحُوّ
Other plural
أَنْحَاء
Most common words from the same root
نَحْو in English
Noun · masculine
- side, direction
- region, tract
وَرَدَتْنِي عُرُوضٌ مِنْ كُلِّ أَنْحَاءِ ٱلْعَالَمِ.Offers from all over the world came to me.
- road
- intention, purpose, tendency
- kind, sort, manner
- syntax, grammar
Word origin
The "grammar" sense, according to a report, is derived from ʿAlī telling ʾAbu al-ʾAswad ad-Duʾali, who is believed to be the first Arabic grammarian: «مَا أَحْسَنَ هٰذَا النَّحْوَ الَّذِي نَحَوْتَ» (“mā ʔaḥsana hāḏā an-naḥwa allaḏī naḥawta”, “How wonderful this direction (naḥw) that you have followed is”) after he showed ʿAlī the grammar he had organized.
Words from the root ن-ح-و
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نَحْو: plural and other forms
| Singular | نَحْو |
|---|---|
| Plural | نُحُوّ |
| Alternative plurals | أَنْحَاء |
نَحْو in a sentence
Dictionary examples
region
وَرَدَتْنِي عُرُوضٌ مِنْ كُلِّ أَنْحَاءِ ٱلْعَالَمِ.Offers from all over the world came to me.
From a fully vowelled text
وَكَانَ جَمِيعُ الرِّجَالِ نَحْوَ اثْنَيْ عَشَرَ.And all the men were about twelve.Acts 19:7, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
ارْفَعُوا أَيْدِيَكُمْ نَحْوَ الْقُدْسِ، وَبَارِكُوا الرَّبَّ.Lift up your hands in the sanctuary, and bless the LORD.Psalms 134:2, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
وَكَانَ الآكِلُونَ نَحْوَ أَرْبَعَةِ آلاَفٍ. ثُمَّ صَرَفَهُمْ.And they that had eaten were about four thousand: and he sent them away.Mark 8:9, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
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