ناى

Form 1 · Form 4 · Form 10 · 4 entries · Qur'ānic frequency 3

Form 1نَأَى بِهِ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — he removed him, he put him far awaygenerated

1.1

[He, or it, removed him; put or placed him at a distance, away, or far away.] See art. طرح.

1.1.1he shrank from a thing—نَأَى

For an example, see the verse cited under دَفٌّ.

Qur’ānic occurrences Form 1 2 shown of 3

6:26

وَهُمْ يَنْهَوْنَ عَنْهُ وَيَنْـَٔوْنَ عَنْهُ ۖ وَإِن يُهْلِكُونَ إِلَّآ أَنفُسَهُمْ وَمَا يَشْعُرُونَ

Others they keep away from it, and themselves they keep away; but they only destroy their own souls, and they perceive it not.

17:83

وَإِذَآ أَنْعَمْنَا عَلَى ٱلْإِنسَـٰنِ أَعْرَضَ وَنَـَٔا بِجَانِبِهٖ ۖ وَإِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلشَّرُّ كَانَ يَـُٔوسًا

Yet when We bestow Our favours on man, he turns away and becomes remote on his side (instead of coming to Us), and when evil seizes him he gives himself up to despair!

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Show Lane's original text

[He, or it, removed him; put or placed him at a distance, away, or far away.] (S, art. طرح .) نَأَى He shrank from a thing: see an ex. in a verse cited voce دَفٌّ .

Form 4أَنْآهُ1 sense

Core sense — he removed him, he put him at a distancegenerated

4.1

See آنَاهُ in art. انى.

Show Lane's original text

: see آنَاهُ in art. انى .

Form 10اِسْتَنْأَى1 sense

Core sense — he went far off, he removed to a distancegenerated

10.1

Same as اِسْتَنَاءَ; see art. نوأ.

Show Lane's original text

: i. q. اِسْتَنَاءَ q. v. in art. نوأ .

Derived nouns 1

Nounنُؤْىٌ1 sense

Core sense — a trench dug round a tent to keep out rain-watergenerated

A trench dug round a tent, or a barrier [raised] around it, to stop rain-water from getting in, or to keep off a torrent.

Show Lane's original text

A trench dug round a tent, (S, K,) or a barrier [raised] around it, (T, IB, TA,) to prevent the rain-water from entering it, (S,) or keep off a torrent. (K.)