The "grammar" sense, according to a report, is derived fromʿAlī tellingʾAbu al-ʾAswad ad-Duʾali, who is believed to be the first Arabic grammarian:«مَاأَحْسَنَهٰذَا النَّحْوَالَّذِينَحَوْتَ»(“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.
نَحْو• (naḥw) m (pluralنُحُوّ(nuḥuww)orأَنْحَاء(ʔanḥāʔ))
| singular | basic singulartriptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | basicbroken pluraltriptote | ||
| 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 |
نَحْوَ• (naḥwa)
| base form | نَحْوَ(naḥwa) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Personal-pronoun including forms | |||||
| singular | dual | plural | |||
| m | f | m | f | ||
| 1st person | نَحْوِي(naḥwī) | نَحْوَنَا(naḥwanā) | |||
| 2nd person | نَحْوَكَ(naḥwaka) | نَحْوَكِ(naḥwaki) | نَحْوَكُمَا(naḥwakumā) | نَحْوَكُمْ(naḥwakum) | نَحْوَكُنَّ(naḥwakunna) |
| 3rd person | نَحْوَهُ(naḥwahu) | نَحْوَهَا(naḥwahā) | نَحْوَهُمَا(naḥwahumā) | نَحْوَهُمْ(naḥwahum) | نَحْوَهُنَّ(naḥwahunna) |
نحو (form I)
نحو (pluralنحو-نحوorنحو٢)
Borrowed fromArabicنَحْو(naḥw).
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | nahw |
| Dari reading? | nahw |
| Iranian reading? | nahv |
| Tajik reading? | nahv |
نحو• (nahv)