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نحن

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root entry primarily discusses the first-person plural pronoun 'we' and its grammatical functions. It explains its origin as a plural form of 'I' and its use as a substitute for plural pronouns.

Derived headwords

نَحْنُnoun
  1. 1.
    plural of 'I' (أنا) from a different rootboth

    plural of 'I' (أنا) from a different root

أَنَاnoun
  1. 1.
    has been mentioned previously in 'inn'both

    has been mentioned previously in 'inn'

Parallel reading

نَحْنُ: جَمْعُ أَنَا مِنْ غَيْرِ لَفْظِهِ
We: a plural of 'I' from a different word.
وَحُرِّكَ آخِرُهُ بِالضَّمِّ لِالْتِقَاءِ السَّاكِنَيْنِ
And its end was moved with a dammah due to the meeting of two quiescent letters.
لِأَنَّ الضَّمَّةَ مِنْ جِنْسِ الْوَاوِ الَّتِي هِيَ عَلَامَةٌ لِلْجَمْعِ
Because the dammah is of the same kind as the waw, which is a sign for the plural.
وَنَحْنُ كِنَايَةٌ عَنْهُمْ
And 'we' is a pronoun for them (i.e., referring to a group).