"نحو" meaning in Arabic

See نحو in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Etymology: Root ن ح و (n ḥ w) 0 terms 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. Etymology templates: {{ar-rootbox|ن ح و}} Root ن ح و (n ḥ w) 0 terms Head templates: {{ar-noun|نَحْو|m|pl=نُحُوّ|pl2=أَنْحَاء}} نَحْو • (naḥw) m (plural نُحُوّ (nuḥuww) or أَنْحَاء (ʔanḥāʔ)) Inflection templates: {{ar-decl-noun|نَحْو|pl=نُحُوّ|pl2=أَنْحَاء}} Forms: نَحْو [canonical], naḥw [romanization], نُحُوّ [plural], أَنْحَاء [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], نَحْو [indefinite, informal, singular, triptote], النَّحْو [definite, informal, singular, triptote], نَحْو [construct, informal, singular, triptote], نَحْوٌ [indefinite, nominative, singular, triptote], النَّحْوُ [definite, nominative, singular, triptote], نَحْوُ [construct, nominative, singular, triptote], نَحْوًا [accusative, indefinite, singular, triptote], النَّحْوَ [accusative, definite, singular, triptote], نَحْوَ [accusative, construct, singular, triptote], نَحْوٍ [genitive, indefinite, singular, triptote], النَّحْوِ [definite, genitive, singular, triptote], نَحْوِ [construct, genitive, singular, triptote], نَحْوَيْن [dual, indefinite, informal, singular, triptote], النَّحْوَيْن [definite, dual, informal, singular, triptote], نَحْوَيْ [construct, dual, informal, singular, triptote], نَحْوَانِ [dual, indefinite, nominative, singular, triptote], النَّحْوَانِ [definite, dual, nominative, singular, triptote], نَحْوَا [construct, dual, nominative, singular, triptote], نَحْوَيْنِ [accusative, dual, indefinite, singular, triptote], النَّحْوَيْنِ [accusative, definite, dual, singular, triptote], نَحْوَيْ [accusative, construct, dual, singular, triptote], نَحْوَيْنِ [dual, genitive, indefinite, singular, triptote], النَّحْوَيْنِ [definite, dual, genitive, singular, triptote], نَحْوَيْ [construct, dual, genitive, singular, triptote], نُحُوّ [broken-form, indefinite, informal, plural, triptote], أَنْحَاء [broken-form, indefinite, informal, plural, triptote], النُّحُوّ [broken-form, definite, informal, plural, triptote], الْأَنْحَاء [broken-form, definite, informal, plural, triptote], نُحُوّ [broken-form, construct, informal, plural, triptote], أَنْحَاء [broken-form, construct, informal, plural, triptote], نُحُوٌّ [broken-form, indefinite, nominative, plural, triptote], أَنْحَاءٌ [broken-form, indefinite, nominative, plural, triptote], النُّحُوُّ [broken-form, definite, nominative, plural, triptote], الْأَنْحَاءُ [broken-form, definite, nominative, plural, triptote], نُحُوُّ [broken-form, construct, nominative, plural, triptote], أَنْحَاءُ [broken-form, construct, nominative, plural, triptote], نُحُوًّا [accusative, broken-form, indefinite, plural, triptote], أَنْحَاءً [accusative, broken-form, indefinite, plural, triptote], النُّحُوَّ [accusative, broken-form, definite, plural, triptote], الْأَنْحَاءَ [accusative, broken-form, definite, plural, triptote], نُحُوَّ [accusative, broken-form, construct, plural, triptote], أَنْحَاءَ [accusative, broken-form, construct, plural, triptote], نُحُوٍّ [broken-form, genitive, indefinite, plural, triptote], أَنْحَاءٍ [broken-form, genitive, indefinite, plural, triptote], النُّحُوِّ [broken-form, definite, genitive, plural, triptote], الْأَنْحَاءِ [broken-form, definite, genitive, plural, triptote], نُحُوِّ [broken-form, construct, genitive, plural, triptote], أَنْحَاءِ [broken-form, construct, genitive, plural, triptote]
  1. side, direction
    Sense id: en-نحو-ar-noun-PpujC4uy
  2. region, tract
    Sense id: en-نحو-ar-noun-ifpg7PHJ
  3. road
    Sense id: en-نحو-ar-noun-NiooSVLT
  4. intention, purpose, tendency
    Sense id: en-نحو-ar-noun-kHnneNp~
  5. kind, sort, manner
    Sense id: en-نحو-ar-noun-yluJnQuo
  6. (linguistics, grammar) syntax, grammar Categories (topical): Grammar, Linguistics
    Sense id: en-نحو-ar-noun-yjG75J~N Categories (other): Arabic nouns with basic triptote broken plural, Arabic nouns with basic triptote singular, Arabic nouns with broken plural, Arabic prepositions, Arabic terms belonging to the root ن ح و Disambiguation of Arabic nouns with basic triptote broken plural: 3 9 2 3 2 16 32 32 0 Disambiguation of Arabic nouns with basic triptote singular: 6 14 3 7 3 31 18 18 0 Disambiguation of Arabic nouns with broken plural: 3 9 2 3 2 16 32 33 0 Disambiguation of Arabic prepositions: 4 11 2 8 2 32 16 19 7 Disambiguation of Arabic terms belonging to the root ن ح و: 7 12 2 8 2 28 20 20 0 Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

Noun

Forms: نُحُوّ [canonical], nuḥuww [romanization]
  1. plural of نَحْو (naḥw) Tags: form-of, plural Form of: نَحْو (extra: naḥw)
    Sense id: en-نحو-ar-noun-hD3Pmelg Categories (other): Forms linking to themselves

Preposition

Etymology: Root ن ح و (n ḥ w) 0 terms 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. Etymology templates: {{ar-rootbox|ن ح و}} Root ن ح و (n ḥ w) 0 terms Head templates: {{ar-prep|نَحْوَ}} نَحْوَ • (naḥwa) Forms: نَحْوَ [canonical], naḥwa [romanization], no-table-tags [table-tags], نَحْوَ [stem], نَحْوِي [feminine, first-person, masculine, singular], نَحْوَنَا [common-gender, dual, feminine, first-person, masculine, plural], نَحْوَكَ [masculine, second-person, singular], نَحْوَكِ [feminine, second-person, singular], نَحْوَكُمَا [common-gender, dual, second-person], نَحْوَكُمْ [masculine, plural, second-person], نَحْوَكُنَّ [feminine, plural, second-person], نَحْوَهُ [masculine, singular, third-person], نَحْوَهَا [feminine, singular, third-person], نَحْوَهُمَا [common-gender, dual, third-person], نَحْوَهُمْ [masculine, plural, third-person], نَحْوَهُنَّ [feminine, plural, third-person]
  1. towards, in the direction of, after, in accordance with
    Sense id: en-نحو-ar-prep-njRpmAbt Categories (other): Arabic nouns with basic triptote broken plural, Arabic nouns with broken plural, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Arabic nouns with basic triptote broken plural: 3 9 2 3 2 16 32 32 0 Disambiguation of Arabic nouns with broken plural: 3 9 2 3 2 16 32 33 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 3 1 2 1 4 6 15 32 1 0 30 2 4 1
  2. like, like as, as for instance, such as, for example
    Sense id: en-نحو-ar-prep-p36Hep69 Categories (other): Arabic entries with incorrect language header, Arabic links with redundant alt parameters, Arabic nouns with basic triptote broken plural, Arabic nouns with broken plural, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Arabic entries with incorrect language header: 1 4 1 2 1 18 9 21 43 1 0 Disambiguation of Arabic links with redundant alt parameters: 3 6 1 4 1 23 22 41 0 Disambiguation of Arabic nouns with basic triptote broken plural: 3 9 2 3 2 16 32 32 0 Disambiguation of Arabic nouns with broken plural: 3 9 2 3 2 16 32 33 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 3 1 2 1 4 6 15 32 1 0 30 2 4 1
  3. about
    Sense id: en-نحو-ar-prep-pCYuHJvL

Verb

Forms: نحو # نَحْوِ [canonical], naħ.wi [canonical], : first-person plural non-past active jussive of حَوَى # نُحْوَ [canonical], nuħ.wa [canonical], : first-person plural non-past passive jussive of حَوَى [canonical], naḥwi [romanization], ḥawā [romanization], nuḥwa [romanization]
Head templates: {{ar-verb form|+حوى<I>}} نحو (form I) # نَحْوِ (naḥwi) /naħ.wi/: first-person plural non-past active jussive of حَوَى (ḥawā) # نُحْوَ (nuḥwa) /nuħ.wa/: first-person plural non-past passive jussive of حَوَى (ḥawā)
  1. Tags: form-i, no-gloss
    Sense id: en-نحو-ar-verb-47DEQpj8
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "az",
            "2": "nəhv",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Azerbaijani: nəhv",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Azerbaijani: nəhv"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tr",
            "2": "nahiv",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Turkish: nahiv",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Turkish: nahiv"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "uz",
            "2": "nahv",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Uzbek: nahv",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Uzbek: nahv"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ن ح و"
      },
      "expansion": "Root\n ن ح و (n ḥ w)\n 0 terms",
      "name": "ar-rootbox"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Root\n ن ح و (n ḥ w)\n 0 terms\nThe \"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.",
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      "form": "نَحْو",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "naḥw",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "نُحُوّ",
      "roman": "nuḥuww",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "أَنْحَاء",
      "roman": "ʔanḥāʔ",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ar-decl-noun",
      "source": "declension",
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        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "نَحْو",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "النَّحْو",
      "roman": "an-naḥw",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "informal",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "نَحْو",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "نَحْوٌ",
      "roman": "naḥwun",
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      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "النَّحْوُ",
      "roman": "an-naḥwu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "نَحْوُ",
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "construct",
        "nominative",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "نَحْوًا",
      "roman": "naḥwan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "النَّحْوَ",
      "roman": "an-naḥwa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "نَحْوَ",
      "roman": "naḥwa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "construct",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "نَحْوٍ",
      "roman": "naḥwin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "النَّحْوِ",
      "roman": "an-naḥwi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "نَحْوِ",
      "roman": "naḥwi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "construct",
        "genitive",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "نَحْوَيْن",
      "roman": "naḥwayn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "indefinite",
        "informal",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "النَّحْوَيْن",
      "roman": "an-naḥwayn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "dual",
        "informal",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "نَحْوَيْ",
      "roman": "naḥway",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "construct",
        "dual",
        "informal",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "نَحْوَانِ",
      "roman": "naḥwāni",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "النَّحْوَانِ",
      "roman": "an-naḥwāni",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "dual",
        "nominative",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "نَحْوَا",
      "roman": "naḥwā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "construct",
        "dual",
        "nominative",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "نَحْوَيْنِ",
      "roman": "naḥwayni",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual",
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "النَّحْوَيْنِ",
      "roman": "an-naḥwayni",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "dual",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "نَحْوَيْ",
      "roman": "naḥway",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "construct",
        "dual",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "نَحْوَيْنِ",
      "roman": "naḥwayni",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "النَّحْوَيْنِ",
      "roman": "an-naḥwayni",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "dual",
        "genitive",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "نَحْوَيْ",
      "roman": "naḥway",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "construct",
        "dual",
        "genitive",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "نُحُوّ",
      "roman": "nuḥuww",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "broken-form",
        "indefinite",
        "informal",
        "plural",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "أَنْحَاء",
      "roman": "ʔanḥāʔ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "broken-form",
        "indefinite",
        "informal",
        "plural",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "النُّحُوّ",
      "roman": "an-nuḥuww",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "broken-form",
        "definite",
        "informal",
        "plural",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "الْأَنْحَاء",
      "roman": "al-ʔanḥāʔ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "broken-form",
        "definite",
        "informal",
        "plural",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "نُحُوّ",
      "roman": "nuḥuww",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "broken-form",
        "construct",
        "informal",
        "plural",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "أَنْحَاء",
      "roman": "ʔanḥāʔ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "broken-form",
        "construct",
        "informal",
        "plural",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "نُحُوٌّ",
      "roman": "nuḥuwwun",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "broken-form",
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "أَنْحَاءٌ",
      "roman": "ʔanḥāʔun",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "broken-form",
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "النُّحُوُّ",
      "roman": "an-nuḥuwwu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "broken-form",
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "الْأَنْحَاءُ",
      "roman": "al-ʔanḥāʔu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "broken-form",
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "نُحُوُّ",
      "roman": "nuḥuwwu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "broken-form",
        "construct",
        "nominative",
        "plural",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "أَنْحَاءُ",
      "roman": "ʔanḥāʔu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "broken-form",
        "construct",
        "nominative",
        "plural",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "نُحُوًّا",
      "roman": "nuḥuwwan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "broken-form",
        "indefinite",
        "plural",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "أَنْحَاءً",
      "roman": "ʔanḥāʔan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "broken-form",
        "indefinite",
        "plural",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "النُّحُوَّ",
      "roman": "an-nuḥuwwa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "broken-form",
        "definite",
        "plural",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "الْأَنْحَاءَ",
      "roman": "al-ʔanḥāʔa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "broken-form",
        "definite",
        "plural",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "نُحُوَّ",
      "roman": "nuḥuwwa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "broken-form",
        "construct",
        "plural",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "أَنْحَاءَ",
      "roman": "ʔanḥāʔa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "broken-form",
        "construct",
        "plural",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "نُحُوٍّ",
      "roman": "nuḥuwwin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "broken-form",
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "أَنْحَاءٍ",
      "roman": "ʔanḥāʔin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "broken-form",
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "النُّحُوِّ",
      "roman": "an-nuḥuwwi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "broken-form",
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "الْأَنْحَاءِ",
      "roman": "al-ʔanḥāʔi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "broken-form",
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural",
        "triptote"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "نُحُوِّ",
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      "tags": [
        "broken-form",
        "construct",
        "genitive",
        "plural",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "أَنْحَاءِ",
      "roman": "ʔanḥāʔi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "broken-form",
        "construct",
        "genitive",
        "plural",
        "triptote"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "نَحْو",
        "2": "m",
        "pl": "نُحُوّ",
        "pl2": "أَنْحَاء"
      },
      "expansion": "نَحْو • (naḥw) m (plural نُحُوّ (nuḥuww) or أَنْحَاء (ʔanḥāʔ))",
      "name": "ar-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "نَحْو",
        "pl": "نُحُوّ",
        "pl2": "أَنْحَاء"
      },
      "name": "ar-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Arabic",
  "lang_code": "ar",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "side, direction"
      ],
      "id": "en-نحو-ar-noun-PpujC4uy",
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        [
          "side",
          "side"
        ],
        [
          "direction",
          "direction"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "region, tract"
      ],
      "id": "en-نحو-ar-noun-ifpg7PHJ",
      "links": [
        [
          "region",
          "region"
        ],
        [
          "tract",
          "tract"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "road"
      ],
      "id": "en-نحو-ar-noun-NiooSVLT",
      "links": [
        [
          "road",
          "road"
        ]
      ]
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "intention, purpose, tendency"
      ],
      "id": "en-نحو-ar-noun-kHnneNp~",
      "links": [
        [
          "intention",
          "intention"
        ],
        [
          "purpose",
          "purpose"
        ],
        [
          "tendency",
          "tendency"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "kind, sort, manner"
      ],
      "id": "en-نحو-ar-noun-yluJnQuo",
      "links": [
        [
          "kind",
          "kind"
        ],
        [
          "sort",
          "sort"
        ],
        [
          "manner",
          "manner"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "ar",
          "name": "Grammar",
          "orig": "ar:Grammar",
          "parents": [
            "Linguistics",
            "Language",
            "Social sciences",
            "Communication",
            "Sciences",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "ar",
          "name": "Linguistics",
          "orig": "ar:Linguistics",
          "parents": [
            "Language",
            "Social sciences",
            "Communication",
            "Sciences",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 9 2 3 2 16 32 32 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Arabic nouns with basic triptote broken plural",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "6 14 3 7 3 31 18 18 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Arabic nouns with basic triptote singular",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 9 2 3 2 16 32 33 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Arabic nouns with broken plural",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 11 2 8 2 32 16 19 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Arabic prepositions",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "7 12 2 8 2 28 20 20 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Arabic terms belonging to the root ن ح و",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "(please add an English translation of this quotation)",
          "text": "Ibn Malik, Alfiyyah\nوَأَسْتَعِينُ اللَّٰهَ فِي أَلْفِيَّةْ / مَقَاصِدُ النَّحْوِ بِهَا مَحْوِيَّةْ\nwaʔastaʕīnu llāha fī ʔalfiyyah / maqāṣidu an-naḥwi bihā maḥwiyyah",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "syntax, grammar"
      ],
      "id": "en-نحو-ar-noun-yjG75J~N",
      "links": [
        [
          "linguistics",
          "linguistics"
        ],
        [
          "grammar",
          "grammar"
        ],
        [
          "syntax",
          "syntax"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(linguistics, grammar) syntax, grammar"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "grammar",
        "human-sciences",
        "linguistics",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "نحو"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ن ح و"
      },
      "expansion": "Root\n ن ح و (n ḥ w)\n 0 terms",
      "name": "ar-rootbox"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Root\n ن ح و (n ḥ w)\n 0 terms\nThe \"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.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "نَحْوَ",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "naḥwa",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ar-prep-auto",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "نَحْوَ",
      "roman": "naḥwa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "نَحْوِي",
      "roman": "naḥwī",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "نَحْوَنَا",
      "roman": "naḥwanā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender",
        "dual",
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "نَحْوَكَ",
      "roman": "naḥwaka",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "نَحْوَكِ",
      "roman": "naḥwaki",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "نَحْوَكُمَا",
      "roman": "naḥwakumā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender",
        "dual",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "نَحْوَكُمْ",
      "roman": "naḥwakum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "نَحْوَكُنَّ",
      "roman": "naḥwakunna",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "نَحْوَهُ",
      "roman": "naḥwahu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "نَحْوَهَا",
      "roman": "naḥwahā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "نَحْوَهُمَا",
      "roman": "naḥwahumā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender",
        "dual",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "نَحْوَهُمْ",
      "roman": "naḥwahum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "نَحْوَهُنَّ",
      "roman": "naḥwahunna",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "نَحْوَ"
      },
      "expansion": "نَحْوَ • (naḥwa)",
      "name": "ar-prep"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Arabic",
  "lang_code": "ar",
  "pos": "prep",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "3 9 2 3 2 16 32 32 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Arabic nouns with basic triptote broken plural",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 9 2 3 2 16 32 33 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Arabic nouns with broken plural",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "1 3 1 2 1 4 6 15 32 1 0 30 2 4 1",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "towards, in the direction of, after, in accordance with"
      ],
      "id": "en-نحو-ar-prep-njRpmAbt",
      "links": [
        [
          "towards",
          "towards"
        ],
        [
          "direction",
          "direction"
        ],
        [
          "after",
          "after"
        ],
        [
          "accordance",
          "accordance"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "1 4 1 2 1 18 9 21 43 1 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Arabic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 6 1 4 1 23 22 41 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Arabic links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant alt parameters",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 9 2 3 2 16 32 32 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Arabic nouns with basic triptote broken plural",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 9 2 3 2 16 32 33 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Arabic nouns with broken plural",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "1 3 1 2 1 4 6 15 32 1 0 30 2 4 1",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
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      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "like",
          "like"
        ],
        [
          "as",
          "as"
        ],
        [
          "for instance",
          "for instance"
        ],
        [
          "such as",
          "such as"
        ],
        [
          "for example",
          "for example"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "about"
      ],
      "id": "en-نحو-ar-prep-pCYuHJvL",
      "links": [
        [
          "about",
          "about"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "نحو"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "نُحُوّ",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nuḥuww",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Arabic",
  "lang_code": "ar",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Forms linking to themselves",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "extra": "naḥw",
          "word": "نَحْو"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "plural of نَحْو (naḥw)"
      ],
      "id": "en-نحو-ar-noun-hD3Pmelg",
      "links": [
        [
          "نَحْو",
          "نحو#Arabic"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "نحو"
}

{
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "نحو # نَحْوِ",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "naħ.wi",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": ": first-person plural non-past active jussive of حَوَى # نُحْوَ",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nuħ.wa",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": ": first-person plural non-past passive jussive of حَوَى",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "naḥwi",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ḥawā",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nuḥwa",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "+حوى<I>"
      },
      "expansion": "نحو (form I)\n# نَحْوِ (naḥwi) /naħ.wi/: first-person plural non-past active jussive of حَوَى (ḥawā)\n# نُحْوَ (nuḥwa) /nuħ.wa/: first-person plural non-past passive jussive of حَوَى (ḥawā)",
      "name": "ar-verb form"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Arabic",
  "lang_code": "ar",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "id": "en-نحو-ar-verb-47DEQpj8",
      "tags": [
        "form-i",
        "no-gloss"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "نحو"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Arabic entries with incorrect language header",
    "Arabic lemmas",
    "Arabic links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Arabic masculine nouns",
    "Arabic non-lemma forms",
    "Arabic nouns",
    "Arabic nouns with basic triptote broken plural",
    "Arabic nouns with basic triptote singular",
    "Arabic nouns with broken plural",
    "Arabic prepositions",
    "Arabic terms belonging to the root ن ح و",
    "Arabic verb forms",
    "Pages with 3 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "az",
            "2": "nəhv",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Azerbaijani: nəhv",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Azerbaijani: nəhv"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tr",
            "2": "nahiv",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Turkish: nahiv",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Turkish: nahiv"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "uz",
            "2": "nahv",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Uzbek: nahv",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Uzbek: nahv"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ن ح و"
      },
      "expansion": "Root\n ن ح و (n ḥ w)\n 0 terms",
      "name": "ar-rootbox"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Root\n ن ح و (n ḥ w)\n 0 terms\nThe \"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.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "نَحْو",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "naḥw",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "نُحُوّ",
      "roman": "nuḥuww",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "أَنْحَاء",
      "roman": "ʔanḥāʔ",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ar-decl-noun",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "نَحْو",
      "roman": "naḥw",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "informal",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "النَّحْو",
      "roman": "an-naḥw",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "informal",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "نَحْو",
      "roman": "naḥw",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "construct",
        "informal",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "نَحْوٌ",
      "roman": "naḥwun",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "النَّحْوُ",
      "roman": "an-naḥwu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "نَحْوُ",
      "roman": "naḥwu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "construct",
        "nominative",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "نَحْوًا",
      "roman": "naḥwan",
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          "text": "Ibn Malik, Alfiyyah\nوَأَسْتَعِينُ اللَّٰهَ فِي أَلْفِيَّةْ / مَقَاصِدُ النَّحْوِ بِهَا مَحْوِيَّةْ\nwaʔastaʕīnu llāha fī ʔalfiyyah / maqāṣidu an-naḥwi bihā maḥwiyyah",
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}

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    },
    {
      "form": "nuħ.wa",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": ": first-person plural non-past passive jussive of حَوَى",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "naḥwi",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ḥawā",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nuḥwa",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "+حوى<I>"
      },
      "expansion": "نحو (form I)\n# نَحْوِ (naḥwi) /naħ.wi/: first-person plural non-past active jussive of حَوَى (ḥawā)\n# نُحْوَ (nuḥwa) /nuħ.wa/: first-person plural non-past passive jussive of حَوَى (ḥawā)",
      "name": "ar-verb form"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Arabic",
  "lang_code": "ar",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "form-i",
        "no-gloss"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "نحو"
}

Download raw JSONL data for نحو meaning in Arabic (15.7kB)

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  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1147",
  "msg": "suspicious related form tags ['canonical']: 'نحو # نَحْوِ' in 'نحو (form I) # نَحْوِ (naḥwi) /naħ.wi/: first-person plural non-past active jussive of حَوَى (ḥawā) # نُحْوَ (nuḥwa) /nuħ.wa/: first-person plural non-past passive jussive of حَوَى (ḥawā)'",
  "path": [
    "نحو"
  ],
  "section": "Arabic",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "نحو",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1147",
  "msg": "suspicious related form tags ['canonical']: ': first-person plural non-past active jussive of حَوَى # نُحْوَ' in 'نحو (form I) # نَحْوِ (naḥwi) /naħ.wi/: first-person plural non-past active jussive of حَوَى (ḥawā) # نُحْوَ (nuḥwa) /nuħ.wa/: first-person plural non-past passive jussive of حَوَى (ḥawā)'",
  "path": [
    "نحو"
  ],
  "section": "Arabic",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "نحو",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1147",
  "msg": "suspicious related form tags ['canonical']: ': first-person plural non-past passive jussive of حَوَى' in 'نحو (form I) # نَحْوِ (naḥwi) /naħ.wi/: first-person plural non-past active jussive of حَوَى (ḥawā) # نُحْوَ (nuḥwa) /nuħ.wa/: first-person plural non-past passive jussive of حَوَى (ḥawā)'",
  "path": [
    "نحو"
  ],
  "section": "Arabic",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "نحو",
  "trace": ""
}

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