نَوَاةٌ seed in Arabic
نَوَاةٌ is how you say “seed” in Arabic.
Root ن و ي n-w-y. noun (feminine, singular). nawāh.
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Meaning of seed in Arabic
- a date-stone; the pit or seed of a date the singular unit of the collective نَوًى (date-stones)
Example sentence
مِثَال تولد الطَّاعَة ونموها وتزايدها كَمثل نواة غرستها فَصَارَت شَجَرَة ثمَّ أثمرت فَأكلت ثَمَرهَا وغرست نَوَاهَا،
The example of the birth, growth, and increase of obedience is like a seed you plant, which becomes a tree, then it bears fruit, and you eat its fruit and plant its seeds,
نَواةٍ a seed
nawa means 'a date-stone, seed'; the '-in' ending marks it indefinite — 'a seed'.
The English is machine-translated.
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How it is used
Lane's records نَوَاةٌ specifically as the date-stone, often crushed and mixed with barley as camel fodder. The same root, in نَوَاهُ and نِيَّةٌ, carries a quite different everyday sense — to intend or purpose something, or the direction one sets out toward.
Words from the same root
- نَوًى date-stones; also the direction one journeys toward
- نِيَّةٌ an intention or purpose
- نَوَاهُ to intend, purpose, or aim at
- اِنْتَوَى to set out or head toward a place
More example sentences
مِثَال تولد الطَّاعَة ونموها وتزايدها كَمثل نواة غرستها فَصَارَت شَجَرَة ثمَّ أثمرت فَأكلت ثَمَرهَا وغرست نَوَاهَا،
The example of the birth, growth, and increase of obedience is like a seed you plant, which becomes a tree, then it bears fruit, and you eat its fruit and plant its seeds,
نَواها its seeds
nawa means 'seed, stone'; the ending '-ha' adds 'its' — 'its seed'; the object of 'planted'.
فَكلما أثمر مِنْهَا شَيْء جنيت ثمره وغرست نَوَاه
So whenever something from it bears fruit, you harvest its fruit and plant its seeds.
نَواهُ its seeds
nawa means 'seed, stone'; the ending '-hu' adds 'its' — 'its seed'; the object of 'planted'.
وأقل محنة الكبير أن تقع النواة في الكوز،
The smallest trial of the elder is for the kernel to fall into the jug.
النَّوَاةُ the kernel
This is the subject of the subjunctive verb, placed after it as Arabic prefers, and carrying the subject ending. The 'the' makes it the specific kernel in the saying, the thing that falls into the jug.
Common questions
- How do you say "seed" in Arabic?
- نَوَاةٌ (nawāh) — strictly a date-stone or pit, the seed inside a date.
- Is نَوَاةٌ related to نِيَّة (niyyah, "intention")?
- Yes, both trace to the root ن و ي, though نَوَاةٌ names the date-stone while نِيَّةٌ and نَوَاهُ carry the root's other sense of intending or heading toward something.
Related words
Definitions summarised from Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon (E. W. Lane, 1863–1893).