نَفْسٍ soul/self in Arabic
نَفْسٍ is how you say “soul/self” in Arabic.
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Example sentence
فَقَالَ إِنَّهُ قَتَلَ مِائَةَ نَفْسٍ
Then he said, 'He killed one hundred people.'
نَفْسٍ person
After a number like a hundred, Arabic counts the thing in the singular and in the 'of...' (genitive) shape, which is why this 'person' word appears as one singular noun. So its singular form is the grammar of counting, not a claim of a single victim; it specifies what the hundred counts.
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More example sentences
فَبَلَاءُ الْفَتَىِ مُوَافَقَةُ النَّفْسِ
So the youth's trial is the soul's consent.
النَّفْسِ the soul
A definite noun carrying 'the', the owned half of 'the consent of the soul'. That owner role puts it in the 'of...' ending. It names the inner self whose agreement is the danger: the trial is the soul saying yes to its own craving.
الْكَبِيرَةُ الثَّانِيَةُ قَتْلُ النَّفْسِ
The second major sin: Killing a soul.
النَّفْسِ the soul
A noun with al- 'the', definite, 'the soul/life', the owning half of 'the killing of the soul'. Only this final noun keeps its 'the', and its definiteness colours the whole pairing. As the possessor it takes the genitive ('of') ending.
وَقَالَ تَعَالَى مِنْ أَجْلِ ذَلِكَ كَتَبْنَا عَلَى بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ أَنَّهُ مَنْ قَتَلَ نَفْسًا بِغَيْرِ نَفْسٍ أَوْ
And the Exalted said: From the sake of that, it was prescribed upon the Children of Israel that whoever kills a soul without a soul or
نَفْسٍ a soul
An indefinite noun 'a soul/life', in the genitive ('of') form because the preceding 'other-than' governs it. It completes 'without [the just cause of] a soul' - i.e. not as lawful retribution for a life taken. Its case is dictated by the governing compound before it.