ناحية

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ن ح و‎ (n-ḥ-w).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /naː.ħi.ja/

Noun

نَاحِيَة • (nāḥiya) f (plural نَوَاحٍ‎ (nawāḥin))

side, direction
region, area
nahiyah; a type of local administrative division, sometimes translated as "subdistrict"

Declension

Declension of noun نَاحِيَة (nāḥiya)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	نَاحِيَة nāḥiya	النَّاحِيَة‎ an-nāḥiya	نَاحِيَة nāḥiyat
Nominative	نَاحِيَةٌ nāḥiyatun	النَّاحِيَةُ‎ an-nāḥiyatu	نَاحِيَةُ nāḥiyatu
Accusative	نَاحِيَةً nāḥiyatan	النَّاحِيَةَ‎ an-nāḥiyata	نَاحِيَةَ nāḥiyata
Genitive	نَاحِيَةٍ nāḥiyatin	النَّاحِيَةِ‎ an-nāḥiyati	نَاحِيَةِ nāḥiyati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	نَاحِيَتَيْن‎ nāḥiyatayn	النَّاحِيَتَيْن‎ an-nāḥiyatayn	نَاحِيَتَيْ‎ nāḥiyatay
Nominative	نَاحِيَتَانِ‎ nāḥiyatāni	النَّاحِيَتَانِ‎ an-nāḥiyatāni	نَاحِيَتَا‎ nāḥiyatā
Accusative	نَاحِيَتَيْنِ‎ nāḥiyatayni	النَّاحِيَتَيْنِ‎ an-nāḥiyatayni	نَاحِيَتَيْ‎ nāḥiyatay
Genitive	نَاحِيَتَيْنِ‎ nāḥiyatayni	النَّاحِيَتَيْنِ‎ an-nāḥiyatayni	نَاحِيَتَيْ‎ nāḥiyatay
Plural	broken plural diptote in ـٍ (-in)
Plural	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	نَوَاحِي‎ nawāḥī	النَّوَاحِي‎ an-nawāḥī	نَوَاحِي‎ nawāḥī
Nominative	نَوَاحٍ‎ nawāḥin	النَّوَاحِي‎ an-nawāḥī	نَوَاحِي‎ nawāḥī
Accusative	نَوَاحِيَ‎ nawāḥiya	النَّوَاحِيَ‎ an-nawāḥiya	نَوَاحِيَ‎ nawāḥiya
Genitive	نَوَاحٍ‎ nawāḥin	النَّوَاحِي‎ an-nawāḥī	نَوَاحِي‎ nawāḥī

Descendants

→ English: nahiyah
→ Hausa: nāhiyā̀
→ Persian: ناحیه‎ (nâhiye)
→ Uyghur: ناھىيە‎ (nahiye)
→ Turkish: nahiye

References

Wehr, Hans (1979), “نحو”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

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