نحو

See also: نجو

Arabic

Etymology 1
Root
ن ح و (n-ḥ-w)

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”)[1] after he showed ʿAlī the grammar he had organized.

Noun

نَحْو • (naḥw) m (plural نُحُوّ (nuḥuww) or أَنْحَاء (ʔanḥāʔ))

  1. side, direction
  2. region, tract
  3. road
  4. intention, purpose, tendency
  5. kind, sort, manner
  6. (linguistics, grammar) syntax, grammar
    • Ibn Malik, Alfiyyah
      وَأَسْتَعِينُ اللَّٰهَ فِي أَلْفِيَّةْ / مَقَاصِدُ النَّحْوِ بِهَا مَحْوِيَّةْ
      waʔastaʕīnu llāha fī ʔalfiyyah / maqāṣidu an-naḥwi bihā maḥwiyyah
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
Declension of noun نَحْو (naḥw)
Singular basic singular triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal نَحْو
naḥw		 النَّحْو
an-naḥw		 نَحْو
naḥw
Nominative نَحْوٌ
naḥwun		 النَّحْوُ
an-naḥwu		 نَحْوُ
naḥwu
Accusative نَحْوًا
naḥwan		 النَّحْوَ
an-naḥwa		 نَحْوَ
naḥwa
Genitive نَحْوٍ
naḥwin		 النَّحْوِ
an-naḥwi		 نَحْوِ
naḥwi
Dual Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal نَحْوَيْن
naḥwayn		 النَّحْوَيْن
an-naḥwayn		 نَحْوَيْ
naḥway
Nominative نَحْوَانِ
naḥwāni		 النَّحْوَانِ
an-naḥwāni		 نَحْوَا
naḥwā
Accusative نَحْوَيْنِ
naḥwayni		 النَّحْوَيْنِ
an-naḥwayni		 نَحْوَيْ
naḥway
Genitive نَحْوَيْنِ
naḥwayni		 النَّحْوَيْنِ
an-naḥwayni		 نَحْوَيْ
naḥway
Plural basic broken plural triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal نُحُوّ‎; أَنْحَاء
nuḥuww‎; ʔanḥāʔ		 النُّحُوّ‎; الْأَنْحَاء
an-nuḥuww‎; al-ʔanḥāʔ		 نُحُوّ‎; أَنْحَاء
nuḥuww‎; ʔanḥāʔ
Nominative نُحُوٌّ‎; أَنْحَاءٌ
nuḥuwwun‎; ʔanḥāʔun		 النُّحُوُّ‎; الْأَنْحَاءُ
an-nuḥuwwu‎; al-ʔanḥāʔu		 نُحُوُّ‎; أَنْحَاءُ
nuḥuwwu‎; ʔanḥāʔu
Accusative نُحُوًّا‎; أَنْحَاءً
nuḥuwwan‎; ʔanḥāʔan		 النُّحُوَّ‎; الْأَنْحَاءَ
an-nuḥuwwa‎; al-ʔanḥāʔa		 نُحُوَّ‎; أَنْحَاءَ
nuḥuwwa‎; ʔanḥāʔa
Genitive نُحُوٍّ‎; أَنْحَاءٍ
nuḥuwwin‎; ʔanḥāʔin		 النُّحُوِّ‎; الْأَنْحَاءِ
an-nuḥuwwi‎; al-ʔanḥāʔi		 نُحُوِّ‎; أَنْحَاءِ
nuḥuwwi‎; ʔanḥāʔi
Descendants
  • → Azerbaijani: nəhv
  • → Turkish: nahiv
  • → Uzbek: nahv

Preposition

نَحْوَ • (naḥwa)

  1. towards, in the direction of, after, in accordance with
  2. like, like as, as for instance, such as, for example
  3. about
Inflection
    Inflected forms
Base form نَحْوَ (naḥwa)
Personal-pronoun-
including forms		 Singular Dual Plural
Masculine Feminine Common Masculine Feminine
First person نَحْوِي (naḥwī) نَحْوَنَا (naḥwanā)
Second person نَحْوَكَ (naḥwaka) نَحْوَكِ (naḥwaki) نَحْوَكُمَا (naḥwakumā) نَحْوَكُمْ (naḥwakum) نَحْوَكُنَّ (naḥwakunna)
Third person نَحْوَهُ (naḥwahu) نَحْوَهَا (naḥwahā) نَحْوَهُمَا (naḥwahumā) نَحْوَهُمْ (naḥwahum) نَحْوَهُنَّ (naḥwahunna)
References

Noun

نُحُوّ • (nuḥuww) m pl

  1. plural of نَحْو (naḥw)

Verb

نَحْوِ • (naḥwi) (form I)

  1. first-person plural non-past active jussive of حَوَى (ḥawā)

Verb

نُحْوَ • (nuḥwa) (form I)

  1. first-person plural non-past passive jussive of حَوَى (ḥawā)
References
  1. سير أعلام النبلاء, Volume 4, Page 82

Malay

Noun

نحو

  1. Jawi spelling of nahu

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic نَحْو (naḥw).

Pronunciation
 

Readings
Classical reading? nahw
Dari reading? nahw
Iranian reading? nahv
Tajik reading? nahv

Noun

نحو • (nahv)

  1. syntax
  2. grammar
  3. manner, mode, way
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