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 | ||
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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) | ||||
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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 | |
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Classical reading? | nahw |
Dari reading? | nahw |
Iranian reading? | nahv |
Tajik reading? | nahv |
نحو• (nahv)