نمى

Root entry · 13 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns growth, increase, and development, both in a literal sense (like wealth growing) and figuratively (like a dye becoming more vibrant). It also extends to concepts of rising, elevation, and transmitting information.

Derived headwords

يَنْمِيverb

1.
to growboth
To increase in size, quantity, or value.
2.
to increaseboth
To become greater or more numerous.

يَنْمُوverb

1.
to growboth
To increase in size, quantity, or value, often used interchangeably with يَنْمِي.
2.
to increaseboth
To become greater or more numerous.

نَمَاءnoun

1.
growthboth
The process of increasing in size, amount, or importance.
2.
increaseboth
A rise in the amount or size of something.

نُمُوًّاnoun

1.
growthboth
The process of increasing in size, amount, or importance.
2.
increaseboth
A rise in the amount or size of something.

ازْدَدْverb

1.
to increaseboth
To become greater or more numerous; to grow.

انْمِverb

1.
to growboth
To increase in size or intensity, often used figuratively.

يَنْمِيverb

1.
to become more vibrantclassical
To increase in redness or blackness, used for dyes or hair color.

يَنْمُوverb

1.
to become more vibrantclassical
To increase in redness or blackness, used for dyes or hair color.

النَّمْوَةnoun

1.
increaseclassical
A gain or addition; a growth.

يَنْمُو إِلَى الحَسَبِverb

1.
to grow in lineageclassical
To increase in noble ancestry or status; a variant of يَنْمِي.

نَمَاverb

1.
to riseclassical
To become elevated or higher in position or status.

النُّمُوّnoun

1.
small liceclassical
Tiny lice, a variant of النَّمْء.

نَمَوْتُ الحَدِيثَverb

1.
to transmit and improveclassical
To relate or narrate a hadith by transmitting and refining it.

Parallel reading

المال ينمى نماء

Wealth grows with growth.

وربما قالوا: ينمو نموا

And perhaps they say: it grows with growth.

ولم أسمعه بالواو إلا من أخوين من بني سليم

And I did not hear it with the 'waw' except from two brothers from the Banu Sulaym.

ثم سألت عنه في بني سليم فلم يعرفوه بالواو

Then I asked about it among the Banu Sulaym and they did not recognize it with the 'waw'.

وحكى أبو عبيدة: {ينمو وينمى

And Abu Ubaydah narrated: {it grows and grows.

وأما يعقوب فقال: ينمو وينمى فسوى بينهما

As for Ya'qub, he said: it grows and grows, making them equal.

واقتصر ثعلب في فصيحه على ينمى، وأما ينمو فأنكرها بعض

And Tha'lab limited himself in his eloquent work to 'yanma', but as for 'yanmu', some denied it.

نما (الخضاب) في اليد والشعر ينمو: (ازداد حمرة وسوادا)

The dye (of henna) on the hand and hair grew, increasing in redness and blackness.

وزعم الكسائي أن أبا زياد أنشده: يا حب ليلى لا تغير وازدد وانم كما ينمو الخضاب في اليد

And Al-Kisa'i claimed that Abu Ziyad recited to him: O love of Layla, do not fade and increase, and grow like the dye grows on the hand.

والرواية المشهورة: وانم كما ينمي

And the famous narration is: and grow as it grows.

النَّمْوَة: الزيادة

The increase: is the growth.

وهو ينمو إلى الحسب: لغة في ينمي

And 'yanmu ila al-hasab' (it grows towards nobility) is a dialectal variant of 'yanmi'.

ونما نموا: ارتفع

And 'nama numuwwan' means: it rose.

والنمو، بالفتح: القمل الصغار لغة في النمء بالهمز

And 'al-numuww', with the fathah, refers to small lice, a variant of 'al-nam' with hamza.

ونموت الحديث نموا: أي أسندته ونقلته على وجه الإصلاح

And 'namawtu al-hadith numuwwan': meaning I narrated it and transmitted it in a way of improvement.