نَهْي
a prohibition
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Plural
نِهَايَات
Most common words from the same root
Verb · Form I
نَهَى
to forbid
Noun
نَهْي
a prohibition
نِهَايَة in English
Noun · feminine
- end (“extreme part of something”)
لِكُلِّ ظَالِمٍ نِهَايَةEvery oppressor has an end. (a proverb)
- limit
Words from the root ن-ه-ي
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نَهَى
· present يَنْهَى
Form I · The plain action
to forbid; to hold back; to make something reach
نَاهٍ
مَنْهِيّ
to end, to terminate, to finish
إِنْهَاء
مُنْهٍ
مُنْهًى
تَنَاهَى
· present يَتَنَاهَى
Form VI · Mutual action
to be completed, communicated to; to prohibit, forbid each other from
تَنَاهٍ
مُتَنَاهٍ
مُتَنَاهًى
اِنْتَهَى
· present يَنْتَهِي
Form VIII · Reflexive, often idiomatic
to end; to give up, to desist, to cease, to stop doing something, to refrain (عَن (ʕan) something); to finish (مِن (min) something)
نِهَايَة: plural and other forms
| Singular | نِهَايَة |
|---|---|
| Plural | نِهَايَات |
نِهَايَة in a sentence
Dictionary examples
end
لِكُلِّ ظَالِمٍ نِهَايَةEvery oppressor has an end. (a proverb)
From a fully vowelled text
أَلَيْسَ شَرُّكَ عَظِيمًا، وَآثَامُكَ لاَ نِهَايَةَ لَهَا؟Is not thy wickedness great? and thine iniquities infinite?Job 22:5, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
عَطَفْتُ قَلْبِي لأَصْنَعَ فَرَائِضَكَ إِلَى الدَّهْرِ إِلَى النِّهَايَةِ.I have inclined mine heart to perform thy statutes alway, even unto the end.Psalms 119:112, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
«أَإِلَى عُمْقِ اللهِ تَتَّصِلُ، أَمْ إِلَى نِهَايَةِ الْقَدِيرِ تَنْتَهِي؟Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection?Job 11:7, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
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