نحو

العربية

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نحو^¹

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The "grammar" sense, according to a report, is derived from ʿAlī telling ʾAbu al-ʾAswad ad-Duʾali, who is believed to be the first Arabic grammarian: «مَا أَحْسَنَ هٰذَا النَّحْوَ الَّذِي نَحَوْتَ» (“mā ʔaḥsana hāḏā an-naḥwa allaḏī naḥawta”, “How wonderful this direction (naḥw) that you have followed is”) after he showed ʿAlī the grammar he had organized.

noun نَحْو · naḥw · نُحُوّ · أَنْحَاء · النَّحْو

side, direction
region, tract وَرَدَتْنِي عُرُوضٌ مِنْ كُلِّ أَنْحَاءِ ٱلْعَالَمِ.
road
intention, purpose, tendency
kind, sort, manner
syntax, grammar Ibn Malik, Alfiyyah وَأَسْتَعِينُ اللَّٰهَ فِي أَلْفِيَّةْ / مَقَاصِدُ النَّحْوِ بِهَا مَحْوِيَّةْ waʔastaʕīnu llāha fī ʔalfiyyah / maqāṣidu an-naḥwi bihā maḥwiyyah

preposition نَحْوَ · naḥwa · نَحْوِي · نَحْوَنَا

towards, in the direction of, after, in accordance with
like, like as, as for instance, such as, for example
about

نحو^²

noun نُحُوّ · nuḥuww

plural plural of نَحْو (naḥw)

In English

grammar rules for speaking and writing a language
syntax set of rules that govern how words are combined
e.g. initialism used to introduce an illustrative example or short list of examples
toward in the direction of
for example as an example

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {نحو},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D9%86%D8%AD%D9%88},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}

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