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نَحْوَ grammar in Arabic

نَحْوَ is how you say “grammar” in Arabic.

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Example sentence

وَالْأَصْلَيْنِ وَالنَّحْوَ وَاللُّغَةَ وَالشِّعْرَ،

and foundational principles, grammar, language, and poetry.

وَالنَّحْوَ and grammar

Here wa- adds another field, a definite noun, to the running list. Its case follows the listing, and the conjunction keeps the parallel disciplines flowing. This connector shares the list-joining job of the earlier ones.

From A Life of Reading and Writing

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More example sentences

وَقَعَ لِي مِنْهُ نَحْوَ مِئَةٍ وَخَمْسِينَ مُجَلَّدًا

I obtained about one hundred and fifty volumes from it.

نَحْوَ about

A word meaning 'about/approximately', heading the number phrase. It heads an 'of' link to the count and softens it to an estimate rather than an exact figure. It tells the reader the following total is rounded.

From A Life of Reading and Writing

فَانْطَلَقَ نَحْوَ الْرَّدْمِ

Then he set off toward the embankment.

نَحْوَ toward

A word meaning 'toward', behaving like a preposition: it governs the noun after it into the 'of'-style ending and marks the direction of the setting-off. So it points the man's movement at its goal, building 'set off toward the embankment'.

From Sheba's Garden and Destruction

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