Arabic vocabulary
نَوَى is how you say “intend” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
ويستبيح ما نواه من النفل
They can perform what they intended of the supererogatory.
نَوَاهُ — they intended. 'he intended it,' past verb with '-hu' as object, completing 'what he intended.' His intention sets the limit: the tayammum is good for precisely the optional act he aimed at.
From: When Earth Replaces Water →OpenArabic teaches words like نَوَى through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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