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نوف

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to height, elevation, and prominence. It is used to describe the hump of a camel, the concept of something being tall or elevated, and also appears in proper names.

Derived headwords

النَّوْفnoun
  1. 1.
    Camel's humpclassical

    The prominent hump on a camel's back.

أَنْوَافnoun
  1. 1.
    Humpsclassical

    The plural form of 'sanām' (hump), referring to the humps of camels.

نافَverb
  1. 1.
    To be tallclassical

    To be tall and elevated.

يَنُوفverb
  1. 1.
    To be tallclassical

    To be tall and elevated.

تنوفname
  1. 1.
    Tanūfclassical

    A specific hill or elevation within the mountains of the Tayy tribe.

عبد منافname
  1. 1.
    Abd Manāfboth

    The name of an ancestor, father of Hashim and Abd Shams. The nisba (نسبة) derived from this name is 'Manāfī'.

منافىname
  1. 1.
    Manāfīclassical

    The relative adjective (nisba) derived from the name Abd Manāf, indicating an attribution to him.

Parallel reading

النوف: السنام.
The Nūf: the hump (of a camel).
والجمع أنواف.
And the plural is anwāf.
وناف الشئ ينوف، أي طال وارتفع.
And a thing nāfa yanūfu, meaning it became tall and elevated.
وتنوف في شعر امرئ القيس.
And Tanūf is mentioned in the poetry of Imru' al-Qays.
هضبة في جبل طيئ.
A hill in the mountain of Tayy.
وعبد مناف: أبو هاشم وعبد شمس، والنسبة إليه منافى.
And Abd Manāf: the father of Hashim and Abd Shams, and the attribution to him is Manāfī.
وكان القياس عبدى، إلا أنهم عدلوا عن القياس لازالة اللبس.
And the standard derivation would have been 'Abdi', but they deviated from the standard to remove ambiguity.