نِيَّة
intention
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Highlights
Present tense
يَنْوِي
Verbal noun
نِيَّة
Active participle
نَاوٍ
Passive participle
مَنْوِيّ
Most common words from the same root
Noun
نِيَّة
intention
Verb · Form I
نَوَى
to be far
Noun
نَوَاة
kernel
Noun
نَوَاة
intention
Noun
نَوًى
date pits
Verb · Form V
تَنَوَّى
to intend
نَوَى in English
Verb · Form I
- to think
- to intend transitive
Word origin
Possibly related to Somali niyoo (“to hope”).
Words from the root ن-و-ي
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نَوَى
· present يَنْوِي
Form I · The plain action
to think; to intend
نَوَاة
intention
نَاوٍ
مَنْوِيّ
نَوَى
· present يَنْوِي
Form I · The plain action
to be far, to be distant, to be removed
نَوًى
date pits
نَاوٍ
نَاوَى
· present يُنَاوِي
Form III · Done to or with someone
to be hostile to
مُنَاوَاة
مُنَاوٍ
مُنَاوًى
اِنْتَوَى
· present يَنْتَوِي
Form VIII · Reflexive, often idiomatic
to be intended
اِنْتِوَاء
مُنْتَوٍ
مُنْتَوًى
نَوَاة
kernel
سُوءُ نِيَّة
bad faith
حُسْنُ نِيَّة
good faith
نَوَى conjugation
Active voice. Present, subjunctive and jussive are the three moods of the non-past.
| Pronoun | Past | Present | Subjunctive | Jussive | Imperative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| أَنَا I | نَوَيْتُ | أَنْوِي | أَنْوِيَ | أَنْوِ | — |
| أَنْتَ you (m.) | نَوَيْتَ | تَنْوِي | تَنْوِيَ | تَنْوِ | اِنْوِ |
| أَنْتِ you (f.) | نَوَيْتِ | تَنْوِينَ | تَنْوِي | تَنْوِي | اِنْوِي |
| هُوَ he | نَوَى | يَنْوِي | يَنْوِيَ | يَنْوِ | — |
| هِيَ she | نَوَتْ | تَنْوِي | تَنْوِيَ | تَنْوِ | — |
| أَنْتُمَا you two | نَوَيْتُمَا | تَنْوِيَانِ | تَنْوِيَا | تَنْوِيَا | اِنْوِيَا |
| هُمَا they two (m.) | نَوَيَا | يَنْوِيَانِ | يَنْوِيَا | يَنْوِيَا | — |
| هُمَا they two (f.) | نَوَتَا | تَنْوِيَانِ | تَنْوِيَا | تَنْوِيَا | — |
| نَحْنُ we | نَوَيْنَا | نَنْوِي | نَنْوِيَ | نَنْوِ | — |
| أَنْتُمْ you all (m.) | نَوَيْتُمْ | تَنْوُونَ | تَنْوُوا | تَنْوُوا | اِنْوُوا |
| أَنْتُنَّ you all (f.) | نَوَيْتُنَّ | تَنْوِينَ | تَنْوِينَ | تَنْوِينَ | اِنْوِينَ |
| هُمْ they (m.) | نَوَوْا | يَنْوُونَ | يَنْوُوا | يَنْوُوا | — |
| هُنَّ they (f.) | نَوَيْنَ | يَنْوِينَ | يَنْوِينَ | يَنْوِينَ | — |
| Verbal noun | نِيَّة |
|---|---|
| Active participle | نَاوٍ |
| Passive participle | مَنْوِيّ |
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