نَحْوِlike

Example sentences

• والحكمة الرياضية فيها حق من طبائع هندسية وحساب ونحو ذلك،

  Mathematical wisdom contains truths from geometric and arithmetic concepts, and the like.

  وَنَحْوِ — and the like. This noun means 'the like / manner' and heads a possessive — 'the like OF that' — which is Arabic's way of rounding off a list with 'and so on'. It sits in the genitive, coordinated into the partitive run, and owns the demonstrative to come.

  From: Intention in Islam →

• وَمَنْ ظَنَّ أَنَّ الْخَضِرَ وَغَيْرَهُ سُقْطُ عَنْهُمْ الْأَمْرِ لِمُشَاهَدَةِ الإِرَادَةِ وَنَحْوِ ذَلِكَ

  And whoever believes that the Green One and others besides him were exempted from the command in order to behold the Divine Will and the like.

  وَنَحْوِ — and the like of. The 'and' attached to a noun 'the like of' that opens a possessive pair. The 'and' coordinates it with what precedes, and the noun, as owner-side, takes the following demonstrative to mean 'the like of that'.

  From: What Worship Really Means →

• وَنَحْوِ ذَلِكَ دِينًا وَطُرُقًا وَعِبَادَةً

  And similar to that: a religion, ways, and acts of worship.

  وَنَحْو — and similar to. This joins the linking wa- to a noun for likeness, 'the like of', heading an 'of' pairing with the demonstrative after it. It opens a closing summary, 'and the like of that', gesturing at further unnamed cases beyond those listed.

  From: Patience Under Decree →