النوف

Root entry · 19 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to height, elevation, and excess. It encompasses physical attributes like a high hump or a tall animal, as well as abstract concepts of increase, superiority, and abundance. It also includes specific geographical locations, personal names, and even a deity.

Derived headwords

النَّوْفnoun

1.
High humpboth
The elevated hump of a camel.
2.
Female genitaliaclassical
The vulva of a woman, specifically what a circumciser might cut.
3.
Soundboth
A general sound, or specifically the cry of a hyena.
4.
Sucklingclassical
The act of suckling from a breast.
5.
To be tallclassical
A camel's stretching and rising high.

أَنْوَافnoun

1.
High humpsboth
Plural of 'nawf', referring to high camel humps.

نَوَّفَverb

1.
To be highclassical
A camel being tall and elevated.

نوفname

1.
Nawfboth
A clan name within the Hamdan tribe.
2.
Nawf ibn Fadalahboth
A Tabi'i (successor to the companions of the Prophet) and an imam of Damascus.

يَنُوفَىٰname

1.
Yanufaboth
A place name in the mountains of Tayyi'.

تَنُوفَىٰname

1.
Tanufaboth
A place name in the mountains of Tayyi'.

تَنُوفname

1.
Tanufboth
A place name in the mountains of Tayyi'.

مَنَافname

1.
Manatclassical
An idol worshipped by the Arabs before Islam.

عَبْدُ مَنَافname

1.
Abd Manafboth
The father of Hashim, Abd Shams, Al-Muttalib, Tamador, and Qalaba. The nisba (نسبة) is Manafi, though Quduri preferred Abdi to avoid ambiguity.

مَنَافِيّname

1.
Manāfīboth
The nisba (نسبة) derived from Abd Manaf.

مَنُوفname

1.
Manufboth
A town in Egypt.

نَيَّافadjective

1.
Tall and elevatedboth
Describing a male or female camel that is tall and high.

نِيَافadjective

1.
Tall and elevatedboth
Describing a male camel that is tall and high.

النَّيِّفnoun

1.
Excessboth
An addition or surplus, often used with numbers, like 'ten and a bit more'. It refers to anything exceeding a unit until the next unit is reached.
2.
Superiorityboth
Excellence, favor, or abundance, referring to one to three units.

نَافَverb

1.
To overlookboth
To be high above or overlook something.

أَنَافَverb

1.
To overlookboth
To be high above or overlook something.
2.
To exceedboth
To surpass or increase beyond something.

مُنِيفnoun

1.
Mountainboth
A mountain, or a fortress located in a mountain.
2.
Fortressboth
A fortress in the mountains of Sabr (Ta'izz) or Lahj.
3.
Water sourceboth
A water source belonging to the Tamim tribe between Najd and Yamama.

أَنَافَ عَلَيْهِverb

1.
To exceed itboth
To surpass or increase beyond something.

نَافَ عَلَيْهِverb

1.
To exceed itboth
To surpass or increase beyond something.

Parallel reading

النَّوْف: السنام العالي

Al-Nawf: the high hump.

وبظارة المرأة

And the vulva of a woman.

وما تقطعه الخافضة منهن

And what the circumciser cuts from them.

والصوت، أو صوت الضبع

And the sound, or the sound of the hyena.

والمص من الثدي

And suckling from the breast.

وأن يطول البعير ويرتفع

And a camel being tall and rising high.

ونوف: بطن من همدان

And Nawf: a clan from Hamdan.

وابن فضالة البكالي التابعي: إمام دمشق

And Ibn Fadalah Al-Bakali, the Tabi'i: Imam of Damascus.

وينوفى أو تنوفى أو تنوف: ع بجبلي طيئ

And Yanufa, or Tanufa, or Tanuf: a place in the mountains of Tayyi'.

ومناف: صنم

And Manat: an idol.

وعبد مناف: أبو هاشم وعبد شمس والمطلب وتماضر وقلابة

And Abd Manaf: father of Hashim, Abd Shams, Al-Muttalib, Tamador, and Qalaba.

والنسبة: منافي

And the nisba: Manāfī.

ومنوف: ة بمصر

And Manuf: a town in Egypt.

وجمل وناقة نياف، ككتاب: طويل في ارتفاع، والأصل: نواف

And a male and female camel are niyāf, like kitāb: tall in height, and the original was nawwāf.

وجمل نياف، كشداد، والأصل: نيواف

And a male camel is niyāf, like shiddād, and the original was niyawwāf.

والنيف، ككيس، وقد يخفف: الزيادة، أصله: نيوف

And al-nayf, like kīs, and it may be lightened: the excess, its origin is niyūf.

يقال: عشرة ونيف

It is said: ten and a bit more.

وكل ما زاد على العقد، فنيف إلى أن يبلغ العقد الثاني

And whatever exceeds a unit, it is nayf until it reaches the second unit.

والنيف: الفضل، والإحسان، ومن واحدة ms1171 إلى ثلاث

And al-nayf: the superiority, and the kindness, and from one to three.

وناف وأناف على الشيء: أشرف

And nāfa and anāfa over a thing: to overlook.

والمنيف: جبل، وحصن في جبل صبر من أعمال تعز، وحصن من أعمال لحج، وبهاء: ماءة لتميم بين نجد واليمامة

And al-munīf: a mountain, and a fortress in the mountain of Sabr from the works of Ta'izz, and a fortress from the works of Lahj, and Bahā': a water source for Tamim between Najd and Yamama.

وأناف عليه: زاد، كنيف

And anāfa upon it: to exceed, like nayf.

وهما، والصواب ما فعلنا، لأن الكل واوي

And they are, and what we did is correct, because all are wāwī.