نَحْوِ like in Arabic
نَحْوِ is how you say “like” in Arabic.
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Example sentence
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.
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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'.
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.