نيف
Root: نيف
3 entries for this word
Hans Wehr Definitions
Entry 1
نيف (نوف and ناف) nāfa u (nauf) to be high, lofty, exalted, sublime; to exceed (عن or على s.th., esp., a number), be above (عن or على), be more than (عن or على), go beyond (عن or على) │ ما ينوف على الحمسين more than fifty II نيف nayyafa and IV to go beyond (عن or على), be more than (عن or على), exceed (عن or على s.th.) │ ما ينيف عن ثلاث سنوات (talāt sanawātin) more than three years, over three years
Entry 2
نيف nayyif excess, overplus, surplus │ نيف و or ونيف together with round figures: some ..., ... and some, ... odd, e.g., نيف وعشرون some twenty, twenty and some, twenty odd
Entry 3
نيف see نوف
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